BILL NUMBER: AB 773	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  SEPTEMBER 1, 2015
	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,   Section
2982 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.  
Psychology: licenses.  
    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. 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  the above licenses, with the
exception of certificates to practice podiatric medicine, 
 those licenses  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Professions Code is repealed.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, 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. 4.  SECTION 1.   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.