Senate BillNo. 52


Introduced by Senator Walters

December 19, 2014


An act to amend Section 104 of the Business and Professions Code, relating to regulatory boards.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

SB 52, as introduced, Walters. Regulatory boards: healing arts.

Existing law creates various regulatory boards within the Department of Consumer Affairs. Existing law authorizes health-related boards to adopt regulations requiring a licensee to display his or her license or registration in the locality in which he or she is treating patients and to make specified disclosures to patients.

This bill would make technical changes to that provision.

Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no. State-mandated local program: no.

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

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SECTION 1.  

Section 104 of the Business and Professions Code
2 is amended to read:

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104.  

All boards or other regulatory entities within the
4department’s jurisdiction that the department determines to be
5begin delete health-relatedend deletebegin insert health relatedend insert may adopt regulations to require
6begin delete licenseesend deletebegin insert a licenseeend insert to displaybegin delete their licenses or registrationsend deletebegin insert his or
7her license or registrationend insert
in the locality in whichbegin delete they areend deletebegin insert he or
8she isend insert
treating patients, and to inform patients as to the identity of
9the regulatory agency they may contact if they have any questions
10or complaints regarding the licensee. In complying with this
11requirement, begin deletethoseend deletebegin insert theseend insert boards may take into consideration the
P2    1particular settings in whichbegin delete licensees practiceend deletebegin insert a licensee practicesend insert,
2or other circumstancesbegin delete whichend deletebegin insert thatend insert may makebegin delete theend delete displaying or
3providingbegin delete ofend delete information to the consumer extremely difficult for
4the licensee inbegin delete theirend deletebegin insert his or herend insert particular type of practice.



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