BILL NUMBER: AB 1558	CHAPTERED  10/10/99

	CHAPTER   922
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE   OCTOBER 10, 1999
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR   OCTOBER 9, 1999
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY   SEPTEMBER 2, 1999
	PASSED THE SENATE   SEPTEMBER 1, 1999
	AMENDED IN SENATE   AUGUST 23, 1999
	AMENDED IN SENATE   JUNE 23, 1999
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY   APRIL 28, 1999
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY   APRIL 8, 1999

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Wildman

                        FEBRUARY 26, 1999

   An act to add Section 2244 to the Business and Professions Code,
relating to the practice of medicine, and making an appropriation
therefor.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1558, Wildman.  Practice of medicine:  unprofessional conduct.
   Existing law provides for the discipline of physicians and
surgeons for unprofessional conduct, as specified.  Existing law also
provides for all moneys paid to and received by the board to be paid
into the State Treasury and credited to the Contingent Fund of the
Medical Board of California, which is continuously appropriated for
the purposes of the board.
   This bill would require a physician and surgeon who collects
biological specimens for clinical testing or examination to secure or
ensure that his or her employees, agents, or contractors secure
those specimens in a locked container when placed in a public
location outside of the custodial control of the physician and
surgeon, or his or her employees, agents, or contractors, as
specified.  The bill would provide as of July 1, 2000, that the board
may impose a fine against a licensee not to exceed $1,000 for a
violation of these provisions.  These provisions, however, would not
apply to biological specimens received by mail in compliance with
applicable laws and regulations.
   By providing that the board may impose a fine against a licensee
for a violation of these provisions, the bill would increase the
amount of moneys deposited in a continuously appropriated fund,
thereby making an appropriation.
   The bill would provide that it shall only become operative if both
this bill and SB 765 are enacted and become law effective on or
before January 1, 2000.
   Appropriation:  yes.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:


  SECTION 1.  Section 2244 is added to the Business and Professions
Code, to read:
   2244.  A physician and surgeon who collects biological specimens
for clinical testing or examination shall secure or ensure that his
or her employees, agents, or contractors secure those specimens in a
locked container when those specimens are placed in a public location
outside of the custodial control of the licensee, or his or her
employees, agents, or contractors, pursuant to the requirements of
Section 681.
   Commencing July 1, 2000, the board may impose a fine against a
licensee not to exceed the sum of one thousand dollars ($1,000) for a
violation of this section.
   This section shall not apply when the biological specimens have
been received by mail in compliance with all applicable laws and
regulations.
  SEC. 2.  This bill shall only become operative if both this bill
and Senate Bill 765 of the 1999-2000 Regular Session are enacted and
become effective on or before January 1, 2000.