BILL NUMBER: AB 722	ENROLLED
	BILL TEXT

	PASSED THE SENATE  JULY 8, 2013
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 8, 2013
	AMENDED IN SENATE  MAY 28, 2013
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 1, 2013

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, 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 specified licensed doctor of chiropractic to
the list of persons who may make a report of a medical examination
of the specified applicants.


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, or a licensed doctor of chiropractic
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. 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).