BILL NUMBER: AB 2193	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Committee on Business and Professions (Assembly
Members Bonilla (Chair), Jones (Vice Chair), Baker, Bloom, Campos,
Chang, Dodd, Mullin, Ting, Wilk, and Wood)

                        FEBRUARY 18, 2016

   An act to amend Section 2460 of the Business and Professions Code,
relating to professions and vocations.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2193, as introduced, Committee on Business and Professions.
California Board of Podiatric Medicine.
   Existing law provides for the certification and regulation of
podiatrists by the California Board of Podiatric Medicine within the
jurisdiction of the Medical Board of California. Under existing law,
the California Board of Podiatric Medicine will be repealed on
January 1, 2017.
   This bill would extend the operation of the California Board of
Podiatric Medicine until January 1, 2021.
   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 2460 of the Business and Professions Code is
amended to read:
   2460.  (a) There is created within the jurisdiction of the Medical
Board of California the California Board of Podiatric Medicine.
   (b) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1,
 2017,   2021,  and as of that date is
 repealed, unless a later enacted statute, that is enacted
before January 1, 2017, deletes or extends that date.  
repealed.  Notwithstanding any other  provision of
 law, the repeal of this section renders the California
Board of Podiatric Medicine subject to review by the appropriate
policy committees of the Legislature.