BILL NUMBER: AB 722	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Lowenthal

                        FEBRUARY 21, 2013

   An act to amend Section 12517.2 of the Vehicle Code, relating to
vehicles.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 722, as introduced, Lowenthal. Vehicles: driver's licenses:
medical examinations.
   Existing law requires applicants for an original or renewal
certificate to drive a schoolbus, school pupil activity bus, youth
bus, general public paratransit vehicle, or farm labor vehicle to
submit a report, on a form approved by the department, of a medical
examination of the applicant given not more than 2 years prior to the
date of the application by a physician licensed to practice
medicine, a licensed advanced practice registered nurse qualified to
perform a medical examination, or a licensed physician assistant.
   This bill would add a doctor of chiropractic to the list of
persons who may make a report of a medical examination of the
specified applicants.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 12517.2 of the Vehicle Code is amended to read:

   12517.2.  (a) Applicants for an original or renewal certificate to
drive a schoolbus, school pupil activity bus, youth bus, general
public paratransit vehicle, or farm labor vehicle shall submit a
report of a medical examination of the applicant given not more than
two years prior to the date of the application by a physician
licensed to practice medicine, a licensed advanced practice
registered nurse qualified to perform a medical examination, 
or  a licensed physician  assistant  
assistant, or a doctor of chiropractic  . The report shall be on
a form approved by the department.
   (b) Schoolbus drivers, within the same month of reaching 65 years
of age and each 12th month thereafter, shall undergo a medical
examination, pursuant to Section 12804.9, and shall submit a report
of that medical examination on a form as specified in subdivision
(a).