BILL NUMBER: AB 773	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Baker

                        FEBRUARY 25, 2015

   An act to amend Section 2982 of the Business and Professions Code,
relating to business and professions.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 773, as introduced, Baker. Psychology licensing.
   The Psychology Licensing Law establishes the Board of Psychology
to license and regulate the practice of psychology. The law expires
the term of a license based on the licensee's birth date.
   This bill would instead expire the term of a license at the end of
a 2-year period from the date the license was issued.
   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 2982 of the Business and Professions Code is
amended to read:
   2982.  All licenses expire and become invalid at 12 midnight on
the last day of February, 1980, and thereafter shall expire at 12
midnight of the  legal birth date of the licensee during the
second year of a two-year term, if not renewed.   last
date of the two-year period from the date the license was issued.
 
   The board shall establish by regulation procedures for the
administration of the birth date renewal program, including but not
limited to, the establishment of a pro rata formula for the payments
of fees by licentiates affected by the implementation of that program
and the establishment of a system of staggered license application
dates such that a relatively equal number of licenses expire
annually. 
   To renew an unexpired license, the licensee shall, on or before
the date on which it would otherwise expire, apply for renewal on a
form provided by the board, accompanied by the prescribed renewal
fee.