BILL NUMBER: AB 2193	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 5, 2016

INTRODUCED BY    Committee on Business and Professions
  (   Assembly Members Bonilla
(Chair), Jones (Vice Chair), Baker, Bloom, Campos, Chang, Dodd,
Mullin, Ting, Wilk, and Wood   )  
Assembly Member   Salas 
    (   Principal coauthor:   Senator 
 Hill   ) 

                        FEBRUARY 18, 2016

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



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2193, as amended,  Committee on Business and
Professions   Salas  . California Board of
Podiatric  Medicine.   Medicine: Physician
Assistant Board: extension. 
   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,
 pr   ovisions establishing  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of Podiatric Medicine will be repealed on January 1, 2017.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. 
   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.  
   This bill would extend the operation of the Physician Assistant
Board and the board's authority to employ personnel 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,
2021, and as of that date is repealed.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.
   SEC. 2.    Section 3504 of the   Business
and Professions Code   is amended to read: 
   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,  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
board subject to review by the appropriate policy committees of the
Legislature.
   SEC. 3.    Section 3512 of the   Business
and Professions Code   is amended to read: 
   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  the provisions of
 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  the
provisions of  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,
 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.