BILL NUMBER: SB 1451	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Yee

                        FEBRUARY 19, 2010

   An act to amend Section 2450 of the Business and Professions Code,
relating to medicine.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 1451, as introduced, Yee. Osteopathic Medical Board of
California.
   Under existing law, the Osteopathic Medical Board of California is
responsible for the certification and regulation of osteopathic
physicians and surgeons.
   This bill would make nonsubstantive, technical changes to that
provision.
   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 2450 of the Business and Professions Code is
amended to read:
   2450.  There is a Board of Osteopathic Examiners of the State of
California, established by the Osteopathic Act,  which
  that  shall be known as the Osteopathic Medical
Board of California  which   that  enforces
this chapter relating to persons holding or applying for physician's
and surgeon's certificates issued by the Osteopathic Medical Board
of California under the Osteopathic Act.
   Persons who elect to practice using the term of suffix "M.D.," as
provided in Section 2275, shall not be subject to this article, and
the Medical Board of California shall enforce the provisions of this
chapter relating to persons who made the election.