BILL ANALYSIS
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CONCURRENCE IN SENATE AMENDMENTS
AB 549 (Furutani)
As Amended August 20, 2010
Majority vote
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|ASSEMBLY: |68-4 |(January 27, |SENATE: |33-1 |(August 25, |
| | |2010) | | |2010) |
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Original Committee Reference: B.,P. & C.P.
SUMMARY : Specifies procedures and qualifications for certain
clinical licenses issued by the State Department of Health
Services (DHS).
The Senate amendments :
1)Require DHS, within 30 days of determining that an application
is complete, issue a temporary license to any applicant
seeking licensure pursuant to this bill, when the applicant
meets the following requirements:
a) The applicant has earned a doctoral degree in a
biological science and has completed, subsequent to
graduation, four years of training and experience in
immunology, of which two years shall have been in
histocompatibility testing in a laboratory in any state of
the United States or in Canada; and,
b) The applicant provides evidence of satisfactory
performance on a written examination in histocompatibility
administered by the American Board of Histocompatibility
and Immunogenetics;
2)Authorize an applicant issued a temporary license to work
under the supervision of a licensed individual, as specified.
3)Delete the requirement that DHS adopt emergency regulations
creating a trainee license and as a laboratory director for
certain specialties and subspecialties.
4)Specify that a temporary license shall remain valid until the
applicant has taken the oral examination offered by DHS, DHS
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completes evaluating and processing of the applicant's results
and licensure, and DHS has issued a permanent license.
5)Specifies that, in order to receive a temporary license, the
applicant must have earned a doctoral degree in a biological
science and has completed, subsequent to graduation, four
years of training and experience in the area of specialty or
subspecialty for which he or she is seeking licensure in any
state of the United States or in Canada, and the applicant's
license remains in good standing.
6)Delete certain references to DHS license, eligibility, and
application timelines.
7)Delete specific fees for licenses.
8)Make clarifying and technical amendments.
AS PASSED BY THE ASSEMBLY , this bill permitted DHS to issue a
clinical biochemical geneticist license.
FISCAL EFFECT : According to the Senate Appropriations
Committee:
Fiscal Impact (in thousands)
Major Provisions 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 Fund
CDPH regulations $110 $220
$155Special*
and licensing activities
*Clinical Laboratory Improvement Fund
(This analysis is based on the August 2 version; a subsequent
conversation with the analyst suggested that costs for the
August 20 version would be less.)
COMMENTS : DHS recently released regulations that obviate the
need for many of the prior provisions of this bill. This bill,
as amended, is substantially similar to the version approved by
the Assembly.
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Analysis Prepared by : Sarah Weaver / B.,P. & C.P. / (916)
319-3301
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0006687