BILL NUMBER: AB 773	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 1, 2015
	AMENDED IN SENATE  MAY 21, 2015

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Baker

                        FEBRUARY 25, 2015

   An act to amend Sections 2423 and 2982 of,  to add Section
2499.7 to,  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. 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.   California.
 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. 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  ,   with the exception of  
certificates to practice podiatric medicine,  expire at the 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repealed.
  SEC. 2.  Section 2423 of the Business and Professions Code is
amended to read:
   2423.  (a) 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.
   (b) To renew an unexpired license, the licensee, on or before the
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.
   SEC. 3.    Section 2499.7 is added to the  
Business and Professions Code  , to read:  
   2499.7.  (a) Certificates to practice podiatric medicine 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.
   (b) To renew an unexpired certificate, the licensee, on or before
the date on which it would otherwise expire, shall apply for renewal
on a form prescribed by the board and pay the prescribed renewal fee.

   SEC. 3.   SEC. 4.   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.
   (b) To renew an unexpired license, the 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.