Amended in Assembly April 5, 2016

California Legislature—2015–16 Regular Session

Assembly Bill No. 2193

Introduced by begin delete Committee on Business and Professions (Assembly Members Bonilla (Chair), Jones (Vice Chair), Baker, Bloom, Campos, Chang, Dodd, Mullin, Ting, Wilk, and Wood) end delete begin insert Assembly Member Salas end insert

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(Principal coauthor: Senator Hill)

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February 18, 2016

An act to amend begin delete Section 2460 end delete begin insert Sections 2460, 3504, and 3512 end insert of the Business and Professions Code, relating to professions and vocations.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

AB 2193, as amended, begin delete Committee on Business and Professions end delete   begin insert Salas end insert . California Board of Podiatric begin delete Medicine. end delete begin insert Medicine: Physician Assistant Board: extension. end insert

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Under existing law, begin insert provisions establishing end insert the California Board of Podiatric Medicine will be repealed on January 1, 2017.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.

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Existing law, the Physician Assistant Practice Act, provides for the licensure and regulation of physician assistants by the Physician Assistant Board, which is within the jurisdiction of the Medical Board of California, and authorizes the Physician Assistant Board, except as specified, to employ personnel necessary to carry out the provisions of that act, including an executive officer. Existing law repeals provisions establishing the Physician Assistant Board and the authorization for the board to employ personnel as of January 1, 2017.

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This bill would extend the operation of the Physician Assistant Board and the board’s authority to employ personnel until January 1, 2021.

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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, 2021,
and as of that date is repealed. Notwithstanding any other law, the
repeal of this section renders the California Board of Podiatric
Medicine subject to review by the appropriate policy committees
of the Legislature.

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begin insert SEC. 2. end insert   

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begin insert Section 3504 of the end insert begin insert Business and Professions Code end insert begin insert is
amended to read: end insert

3504.  

There is established a Physician Assistant Board within
the jurisdiction of the Medical Board of California. The board
consists of nine members. This section shall remain in effect only
until January 1, begin delete 2017, end delete begin insert 2021, end insert and as of that date is begin delete repealed, unless
a later enacted statute, that is enacted before January 1, 2017,
deletes or extends that date. end delete begin insert repealed. end insert Notwithstanding any begin delete other
provision of end delete law, the repeal of this section renders the board subject
to review by the appropriate policy committees of the Legislature.

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begin insert SEC. 3. end insert   

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begin insert Section 3512 of the end insert begin insert Business and Professions Code end insert begin insert is
amended to read: end insert

3512.  

(a) Except as provided in Sections 159.5 and 2020, the
board shall employ within the limits of the Physician Assistant
Fund all personnel necessary to carry out begin delete the provisions of end delete this
chapter including an executive officer who shall be exempt from
civil service. The Medical Board of California and board shall
make all necessary expenditures to carry out begin delete the provisions of end delete this
chapter from the funds established by Section 3520. The board
may accept contributions to effect the purposes of this chapter.

(b) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, begin delete 2017, end delete
begin insert 2021, end insert and as of that date is begin delete repealed, unless a later enacted statute,
that is enacted before January 1, 2017, deletes or extends that date. end delete

begin insert repealed. end insert