Amended in Assembly April 1, 2013

California Legislature—2013–14 Regular Session

Assembly Bill No. 722

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 amended, 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 begin insert and a certified medical examiner, as specified, end insert 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, a
licensed physician assistant, begin delete or a doctor of chiropractic. end delete begin insert a licensed
doctor of chiropractic, or a licensed medical examiner listed on
the most current National Registry of Certified Medical Examiners,
as adopted by the United States Department of Transportation, as
published by the notice in the Federal Register, Volume 77, Number
77, Friday, April 20, 2012, on pages 24104 to 24135, inclusive,
and pursuant to Section 391.42 of Title 49 of the Code of Federal
Regulations. end insert 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).