BILL ANALYSIS Ó
SENATE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
Senator Ricardo Lara, Chair
2015 - 2016 Regular Session
AB 2190 (Salas) - Acupuncture Board: executive officer:
education
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|Version: June 22, 2016 |Policy Vote: B., P. & E.D. 9 - |
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|Urgency: No |Mandate: No |
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|Hearing Date: August 1, 2016 |Consultant: Brendan McCarthy |
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This bill meets the criteria for referral to the Suspense File.
Bill
Summary: AB 2190 would extend the operation of the California
Acupuncture Board to January 1, 2019. The bill would establish
processes for the Board to assess the educational equivalency of
license applicants who received their education outside the
United States.
Fiscal
Impact:
Ongoing costs of $3.8 million per year for the continued
operation of the Acupuncture Board (Acupuncture Fund). All
costs to operate the Board are paid for by license fee
revenues.
Minor costs to establish requirements for assessing the
educational equivalency of applicants who received their
training outside the United States (Acupuncture Fund).
According to the Board, the requirements in the bill are
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consistent with the procedures the Board currently uses to
assess applicants with foreign education. There are about 30
such applicants per year.
Background: Under current law, the California Acupuncture Board licenses
acupuncturists and regulates their practice. There are about
17,800 licensed acupuncturists in the state, of which about
11,600 are actively practicing. Current law sunsets the
operation of the Board on January 1, 2017.
Beginning in 2017, pursuant to SB 1246 (Lieu, Statutes of 2014),
the Board is required to revise its processes and requirements
for approving acupuncture schools. The outside accreditation
organization that the Board will be using does not accredit
schools outside the United States. Current law also requires the
Board to establish standards for the approval of educational
training and clinical experience received outside the United
States.
Proposed Law:
AB 2190 would extend the operation of the California
Acupuncture Board to January 1, 2019. The bill would establish
processes for the Board to assess the educational equivalency of
license applicants who received their education outside the
United States.
Specific provisions of the bill would:
Provide that any school or college offering training in
acupuncture that was approved by the Board prior to January 1,
2017 and that has not changed its curriculum since approval is
deemed to have its curriculum approved;
Extend the operation of the Acupuncture Board to January 1,
2019;
Extend the authority of the Board to appoint an executive
officer to January 1, 2019;
Repeal the existing requirement that the Board establish
standards for the approval of educational training and
clinical experience received outside the United States;
Authorize the Board to require an applicant who completed his
or her education outside the United States to submit his or
her documentation to a credential evaluation service approved
by the Board to assess educational equivalency;
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Require the Board to establish, by regulation, processes and
criteria for the approval of credential evaluation services.
Related
Legislation: This bill is one of several sunset review bills
authored by the chairs of the Senate and Assembly Business and
Professions Committees to review and extend the operation of
licensing boards and bureaus within the Department of Consumer
Affairs.
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