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          ASSEMBLY THIRD READING
          AB 1152 (Anderson)
          As Amended  May 18, 2009
          Majority vote 

           BUSINESS & PROFESSIONS     11-0                                 
           
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          |Ayes:|Hayashi, Emmerson,        |     |                          |
          |     |Conway, Eng,  Hernandez,  |     |                          |
          |     |Nava, Niello,             |     |                          |
          |     |John A. Perez, Price,     |     |                          |
          |     |Ruskin, Smyth             |     |                          |
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           SUMMARY  :   Adds physical therapists (PT) to the individuals who  
          may be shareholders, officers, directors, or professional  
          employees of a medical or podiatric medical corporation so long  
          as the sum of all shares owned by those licensed persons does  
          not exceed 49 percent of the total number of shares, and so long  
          as the number of those licensed persons owning shares in the  
          professional corporation so designated herein does not exceed  
          the number of persons licensed by the governmental agency  
          regulating the designated professional corporation.  

           FISCAL EFFECT  :   Unknown.  This bill is keyed non-fiscal.

           COMMENTS  :  According to the author's office, "Late last year,  
          some members of CPMA were informed that counsel to the  
          Department of Consumer Affairs (DCA) believes that it is now  
          impermissible for a podiatric medical corporation or a medical  
          corporation to employ a PT.  The rationale for this opinion is  
          that in 2003 when the naturopaths had their practice act  
          established the list of professionals that they were authorized  
          to employ included PTs.  The list of professionals that a  
          medical corporation and podiatric medical corporation can employ  
          has never included PTs, despite the fact that both have employed  
          PTs for years.  According to the DCA counsel, the legislative  
          intent by implication is that only naturopaths can now employ  
          PTs.

          "Rather than have to terminate the employment of PTs up and down  
          the state, we seek a clarification that both medical  








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          corporations and podiatric medical corporations can employ PTs.   
          As such, AB 1152 clarifies the law by simply amending  
          Corporations Code section 13401.5 to include PTs in the list of  
          professionals that medical and podiatric medical corporations  
          can employ." 

          Corporations Code Section 13401.5 permits certain individuals to  
          be shareholders, officers, directors, or professional employees  
          of professional corporations, so long as the sum of all shares  
          owned by those licensed persons does not exceed 49 percent of  
          the total number of shares of the professional corporation.   
          Currently, the only professional corporation that is explicitly  
          authorized to include PTs as shareholders, officers, directors  
          or professional employees are naturopathic doctor corporations.   


           
          Analysis Prepared by  :    Sarah Huchel / B. & P. / (916) 319-3301  




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