BILL NUMBER: AB 773	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  MAY 21, 2015

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Baker

                        FEBRUARY 25, 2015

   An act to amend  Section   Sections 2423 and
 2982  of   of, and to repeal Section 2422
of,  the Business and Professions Code, relating to business and
professions.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 773, as amended, Baker.  Psychology licensing.
  Licenses: Medical Board of California: Board of
Psychology.  
    Existing law provides for the licensure and regulation of
specific health care professions by the Medical Board of California
or a licensing and regulatory authority within the jurisdiction of
that board. The Medical Practice Act determines the expiration of,
and governs the renewal of, certificates, licenses, registrations,
and permits issued by or under the Medical Board of California,
including physician and surgeon's certificates, certificates to
practice podiatric medicine, physical therapy licenses and approvals,
registrations of research psychoanalysts, registrations of
dispensing opticians, registrations of nonresident contact lens
sellers, registrations of spectacle lens dispensers, registrations of
contact lens dispensers, certificates to practice midwifery, and
fictitious-name permits. Under the act, physician and surgeon's
certificates, certificates to practice podiatric medicine,
registrations of spectacle lens dispensers and contact lens
dispensers, and certificates to practice midwifery expire on the last
day of the birth month of the licensee during the 2nd year of a
2-year term. Under that act, registrations of dispensing opticians
expire on the last day of the month in which the license was issued
during the 2nd year of a 2-year term. 
   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.
  Under that law, psychology licenses expire on the
legal birth date of the licensee during the 2nd year of a 2-year
term. 
   This bill would instead  have all of the above licenses 
expire  the term of a license  at the  end
  end, as provided,  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 2422 of the   Business
and Professions Code  is repealed.  
   2422.  All licenses expire and become invalid at 12 midnight on
the last day of February of each even-numbered year if not renewed.
   To renew an unexpired license, a licensee shall, on or before the
date it would otherwise expire, apply for renewal on a form
prescribed by the licensing authority and pay the prescribed renewal
fee. 
   SEC. 2.    Section 2423 of the   Business
and Professions Code   is amended to read: 
   2423.  (a)  Notwithstanding Section 2422:  
All physician and surgeon's certificates, certificates to practice
podiatric medicine, registrations of dispensing opticians, spectacle
lens dispensers, and contact lens dispensers, and certificates to
practice midwifery shall expire at 12 midnight on the last day of the
month in which the license was issued during the second year of a
two-year term commencing from the date of issuance.  
   (1) All physician and surgeon's certificates, certificates to
practice podiatric medicine, registrations of spectacle lens
dispensers and contact lens dispensers, and certificates to practice
midwifery shall expire at 12 midnight on the last day of the birth
month of the licensee during the second year of a two-year term if
not renewed.  
   (2) Registrations of dispensing opticians will expire at midnight
on the last day of the month in which the license was issued during
the second year of a two-year term if not renewed.  

   (b) The Division of Licensing shall establish by regulation
procedures for the administration of a birth date renewal program,
including, but not limited to, the establishment of a system of
staggered license expiration dates such that a relatively equal
number of licenses expire monthly.  
   (c) 
    (b)  To renew an unexpired license, the 
licensee shall,   licensee,  on or before the
 dates   date  on which it would otherwise
expire,  shall  apply for renewal on a form prescribed by
the licensing authority and pay the prescribed renewal fee. 
      
   SECTION 1.   SEC. 3.   Section 2982 of
the Business and Professions Code is amended to read:
   2982.   (a)    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 last date of the
two-year period from the date the license was issued. 
    To 
    (b)     To  renew an unexpired
license, the  licensee shall,   licensee, 
on or before the date on which it would otherwise expire,  shall
 apply for renewal on a form provided by the board, accompanied
by the prescribed renewal fee.