BILL NUMBER: SB 587	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Hollingsworth

                        FEBRUARY 27, 2009

   An act to amend Section 107160 of the Health and Safety Code,
relating to nuclear medicine technology.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 587, as introduced, Hollingsworth. Nuclear medicine.
   Existing law establishes various programs for the prevention of
disease and the promotion of health administered by the State
Department of Public Health, including, but not limited to,
provisions requiring the department to establish the standards of
competence applicable to the performance of nuclear medicine
technology by various health professionals, to regulate the process
by which these persons establish their competence, and to assess
related fees.
   This bill would make a technical, nonsubstantive change.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 107160 of the Health and Safety Code is amended
to read:
   107160.  (a) The department shall provide  ,  by
regulation  ,  a schedule of fees that shall be paid by
persons applying to establish their competence to perform nuclear
medicine technology. The revenue derived from the fees shall be
sufficient to cover all costs incurred in the administration of this
article.
   (b) The fees paid by applicants shall be adjusted annually,
pursuant to Section 100425, and the adjusted fee amounts shall be
rounded off to the nearest whole dollar.