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UNFINISHED BUSINESS
Bill No: SB 800
Author: Committee on Business, Professions and Economic
Development
Amended: 9/3/15
Vote: 21
SENATE BUS, PROF. & ECON. DEV. COMMITTEE: 9-0, 4/27/15
AYES: Hill, Bates, Berryhill, Block, Galgiani, Hernandez,
Jackson, Mendoza, Wieckowski
SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE: Senate Rule 28.8
SENATE FLOOR: 36-0, 5/18/15 (Consent)
AYES: Allen, Anderson, Bates, Beall, Block, Cannella, De León,
Fuller, Gaines, Galgiani, Hancock, Hernandez, Hertzberg, Hill,
Hueso, Huff, Jackson, Lara, Leno, Leyva, Liu, McGuire,
Mendoza, Mitchell, Monning, Moorlach, Morrell, Nguyen,
Nielsen, Pan, Roth, Runner, Stone, Vidak, Wieckowski, Wolk
NO VOTE RECORDED: Berryhill, Hall, Pavley
ASSEMBLY FLOOR: 79-0, 9/8/15 - See last page for vote
SUBJECT: Healing arts
SOURCE: Author
DIGEST: This bill makes several non-controversial minor,
non-substantive, or technical changes to various provisions
pertaining to the health-related regulatory boards under the
Department of Consumer Affairs.
Assembly Amendments remove provisions relating to the Medical
Board of California that were determined to be too substantive
and address chaptering conflicts.
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ANALYSIS: Existing law provides for the licensing and
regulation of various professions and businesses by the boards,
bureaus, committees, programs and commission within the
Department of Consumer Affairs under various licensing acts
within the Business and Professions Code (BPC).
This bill:
1) Updates references to the "Board of Dental Examiners" with
the "Dental Board of California" to ensure statutory
consistency.
2) Makes the following changes relating to the California State
Board of Optometry:
a) Removes the requirement for out of state applicants to
submit proof of active practice.
b) Requires that the license of an out of state applicant
has never been revoked or suspended in any state where the
applicant holds a license.
c) Requires that an applicant has not been found mentally
incompetent by a licensed psychologist or licensed
psychiatrist.
1) Deletes the requirement for physical therapy assistants to
complete the 18-week full-time clinical experience.
2) Makes the following changes relating to the Medical Board of
California:
a) Clarifies that registration is required to practice as
a polysomnographic technologist, technician, or trainee in
California.
b) Requires that an individual who voluntarily cancels
his or her license must apply again if it has been over
five years since the cancellation.
c) Clarifies change that regulates when individuals can
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use the words "doctor", "physician", "Dr.", or the
initials "M.D." when an individual has been issued a
license to practice medicine in another jurisdiction and
has had that license suspended or revoked.
d) Removes a code section referring to a repealed pilot
program that no longer exists.
1) Makes the following changes relating to the Board of
Behavioral Sciences (BBS):
a) Requires the responsible board (either the BBS or the
California Board of Psychology) in regulation to specify a
continued education (CE) provider and accept and approve a
sponsored course to provide the training in child, elder,
and dependent adult abuse assessment and reporting.
b) Includes licensed educational psychologists and
licensed professional clinical counselors licensed
professional clinical counselors (LPCCs) to the list of
license types the BBS has authority to regulate.
c) Changes the reference to the current authority
regarding acceptable CE providers.
d) Requires interns to register with the BBS in order to
volunteer or work in a private practice.
e) States registrants may apply for and obtain a
subsequent registration number to work in a private
practice if the applicant meets all requirements for
registration.
f) States the listed requirements are intended for
applicants of a license as a licensed clinical social
worker license.
1) Changes the name of the Board of Registered Nursing
"Diversion Program" to "Intervention Program for Registered
Nurses".
2) Removes Canada as the domestic equivalent to the United
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States in regards to training and clinical experience for
acupuncturists.
3) Makes the following changes relating to the Dental Hygiene
Committee of California (DHCC):
a) States that the DHCC is a separate entity from the DBC
and must separately create and maintain a central file of
the names of persons who hold a license, certificate, or
similar authority.
b) Removes a deadline date of January 1, 2010.
c) Repeals fee for examination for licensure as a
registered dental hygienist for third and fourth year
dental students.
1) Makes the following changes relating to the Veterinary
Medical Board (VMB):
a) Allows VMB to deny a veterinary assistant controlled
substance permit for specified reasons.
b) Removes ability of a person who is under sentence for
any criminal offense to petition the Board for
reinstatement or modification of penalty.
1) Makes the following changes relating to the Telephone
Medical Advice Services Bureau:
a) Removes references to in-state and out-of-state
registrants.
b) Adds LPCC and naturopathic doctor licensure categories
to the list of qualified medical advice licensed health
care professionals.
c) Adds additional technical, clarifying amendments.
Background
This bill is a "committee bill" authored by the Senate Business,
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Professions and Economic Development Committee and is intended
to consolidate a number of non-controversial provisions related
to various regulatory programs and professions governed by the
BPC. Consolidating the provisions in one bill is designed to
relieve the various licensing boards, bureaus, professions and
other regulatory agencies from the necessity and burden of
having separate measures for a number of non-controversial
revisions.
Many of the provisions of this bill are minor, technical and
updating changes, while other provisions are substantive changes
intended to improve the ability of various licensing programs
and other entities to efficiently and effectively administer
their respective laws.
FISCAL EFFECT: Appropriation: No Fiscal
Com.:YesLocal: Yes
SUPPORT: (Verified9/8/15)
Medical Board of California
OPPOSITION: (Verified9/8/15)
None received
ARGUMENTS IN SUPPORT: The Medical Board of California
supports this bill, noting that these clarifying changes will
help to ensure consumer protection and allow the Board to
operate in a more efficient manner.
ASSEMBLY FLOOR: 79-0, 9/8/15
AYES: Achadjian, Alejo, Travis Allen, Baker, Bigelow, Bloom,
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Bonilla, Bonta, Brough, Brown, Burke, Calderon, Campos, Chang,
Chau, Chiu, Chu, Cooley, Cooper, Dababneh, Dahle, Daly, Dodd,
Eggman, Frazier, Beth Gaines, Gallagher, Cristina Garcia,
Eduardo Garcia, Gatto, Gipson, Gomez, Gonzalez, Gordon, Gray,
Grove, Hadley, Harper, Roger Hernández, Holden, Irwin, Jones,
Jones-Sawyer, Kim, Lackey, Levine, Linder, Lopez, Low,
Maienschein, Mathis, Mayes, McCarty, Medina, Melendez, Mullin,
Nazarian, Obernolte, O'Donnell, Olsen, Patterson, Perea,
Quirk, Rendon, Ridley-Thomas, Rodriguez, Salas, Santiago,
Steinorth, Mark Stone, Thurmond, Ting, Wagner, Waldron, Weber,
Wilk, Williams, Wood, Atkins
NO VOTE RECORDED: Chávez
Prepared by: Janelle Miyashiro / B., P. & E.D. / (916) 651-4104
9/8/15 21:51:48
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