BILL NUMBER: SB 599	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Negrete McLeod

                        FEBRUARY 27, 2009

   An act to add Section 27.5 to the Business and Professions Code,
relating to business and professions.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 599, as introduced, Negrete McLeod. Licensing boards:
disciplinary actions.
   Existing law establishes the Department of Consumer Affairs in the
State and Consumer Services Agency. Existing law establishes within
the department specified boards, bureaus, and commissions for the
purpose of ensuring that private businesses and professionals
engaging in activities that have potential impact upon the public
health, safety, and welfare are adequately regulated in order to
protect the people of California. Existing law authorizes those
entities to license qualified persons according to set and accepted
professional standards, and to provide a means for redress of
grievances by investigating allegations of unprofessional conduct,
incompetence, fraudulent action, or unlawful activity. Existing law
requires certain of those entities to provide on the Internet
information regarding the status of every license issued by an entity
in accordance with the California Public Records Act.
   This bill would require every board, as defined, to post each
accusation, statement of issues, or disciplinary action taken by the
board on that board's Internet Web site within 10 days of the filing
date of the accusation or statement of issues, or the effective date
of the disciplinary action.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 27.5 is added to the Business and Professions
Code, to read:
   27.5.  In addition to any applicable requirements specified in
Section 27, every board, as defined in Section 22, shall post each
accusation, statement of issues, or disciplinary action taken by the
board on that board's Internet Web site within 10 days of the filing
date of the accusation or statement of issues, or the effective date
of the disciplinary action. The link to each posted action shall be
easily accessible from the board's Internet home page.