BILL NUMBER:  AB 2566
  VETOED	DATE: 09/29/2010




To the Members of the California State Assembly:

I am returning Assembly Bill 2566 without my signature.

I vetoed a similar measure last year.  The reason for the veto
remains the same.  Existing law already addresses the issues
highlighted by the sponsors and author.   The real problem is that
the sponsors want enforcement of this issue moved up on the
prioritization of enforcement issues pending with the Medical Board
(Board).  California currently ranks 41st in the county for taking
serious disciplinary action against doctors ? and this bill attempts
to move those serious disciplinary actions behind businesses that
operate "medi-spas" providing skin peels, dermabrasion and laser hair
removal.

Good doctors are the backbone of our health delivery system.  I
believe the members of the Board want to protect patients.  I just
don't agree that the Board's time is better spent on medi-spa
enforcement when other physicians should be more quickly investigated
and prohibited from practicing medicine when they have caused
serious patient harm or death.

Sincerely,



Arnold Schwarzenegger