BILL ANALYSIS                                                                                                                                                                                                    



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          Date of Hearing:   August 19, 2009 

                        ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
                                Kevin De Leon, Chair

               SB 821 (Committee on Business, Professions and Economic  
                    Development) - As Amended:  August 17, 2009  

          Policy Committee:                              Business &  
          Professions  Vote:                            11-0

          Urgency:     No                   State Mandated Local Program:  
          Yes    Reimbursable:              No 

           SUMMARY  

          This bill makes technical and clarifying changes to statutes  
          governing several professional and Healing Arts boards under the  
          jurisdiction of the California Department of Consumer Affairs  
          (DCA). These boards include the Architects Board, Contractors'  
          State License Board, Cemetery and Funeral Bureau, Acupuncture  
          Board, Board of Behavioral Sciences (BBS), Board of Occupational  
          Therapy, Board of Pharmacy (BOP), Dental Hygiene Committee,  
          Hearing Aid Dispensers Bureau, Medical Board of California  
          (MBC), and Respiratory Care Board. 

           FISCAL EFFECT  

          No direct fiscal impact for the DCA boards to continue oversight  
          of professionals in California. 

           COMMENTS  

          This is one of the Senate Business & Professions Committee's  
          annual omnibus bills to make changes to a number of the boards  
          and commissions providing professional oversight of numerous  
          disciplines. Most of the changes in the bill address boards  
          providing oversight of medical professionals in California.  
          Recent author's amends address several policy concerns,  
          including the deletion of a professional licensing exam for  
          structural engineers. This bill now does not delete that exam.  

          The changes contained in the bill include providing conformity  
          between BBS conduct statutes and regulations, adding filing  
          deadlines and expiration dates to interim nursing licensure,  








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          allowing the BOP to inactivate a pharmacist's licensee when an  
          individual fails to complete continuing education, and  
          eliminating obsolete reporting requirements of the MBC's  
          physician diversion program. 

           

          Analysis Prepared by  :    Mary Ader / APPR. / (916) 319-2081