BILL NUMBER: SB 198	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Price

                        FEBRUARY 7, 2013

   An act to amend Sections 2602 and 2607.5 of the Business and
Professions Code, relating to healings arts.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 198, as introduced, Price. Physical Therapy Board of
California.
   Existing law, the Physical Therapy Practice Act, provides for the
licensure and regulation of physical therapists by the Physical
Therapy Board of California. Existing law authorizes the board to
appoint an executive officer. Existing law repeals these provisions
on January 1, 2014.
    This bill would instead repeal these provisions on January 1,
2018.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 2602 of the Business and Professions Code is
amended to read:
   2602.  The Physical Therapy Board of California, hereafter
referred to as the board, shall enforce and administer this chapter.
   This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 
2014,   2018,  and as of that date is repealed,
unless a later enacted statute, that is enacted before January 1,
 2014,   2018,  deletes or extends that
date.
   Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the repeal of this
section renders the board subject to review by the appropriate policy
committees of the Legislature.
  SEC. 2.  Section 2607.5 of the Business and Professions Code is
amended to read:
   2607.5.  (a) The board may appoint a person exempt from civil
service who shall be designated as an executive officer and who shall
exercise the powers and perform the duties delegated by the board
and vested in him or her by this chapter.
   (b) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1,
 2014,   2018,  and as of that date is
repealed, unless a later enacted statute, that is enacted before
January 1,  2014,   2018,  deletes or
extends that date.