BILL NUMBER: SB 628	ENROLLED
	BILL TEXT

	PASSED THE SENATE  AUGUST 23, 2012
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 22, 2012
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 6, 2012
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MAY 31, 2012
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MAY 9, 2012
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  FEBRUARY 23, 2012
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  JUNE 29, 2011
	AMENDED IN SENATE  MAY 31, 2011
	AMENDED IN SENATE  MAY 9, 2011
	AMENDED IN SENATE  APRIL 25, 2011
	AMENDED IN SENATE  MARCH 22, 2011

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Yee
   (Coauthor: Senator Lieu)
   (Coauthor: Assembly Member Eng)

                        FEBRUARY 18, 2011

   An act to add Section 4936 to the Business and Professions Code,
relating to acupuncture.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 628, Yee. Acupuncture: regulation.
   Existing law, the Acupuncture Licensure Act, establishes the
Acupuncture Board and makes it responsible for enforcing and
administering the act, including licensing persons who meet specified
licensure requirements. Under the act, licensees are titled
"acupuncturists," and are authorized to perform designated activities
pursuant to their license. The unlawful practice of acupuncture and
any other violation of the act is a crime.
    This bill would make it unprofessional conduct for an
acupuncturist to use the title of "Doctor" or use the abbreviation
"Dr." in connection with the practice of acupuncture unless he or she
holds a license authorizing that use or a specified degree. This
bill would also make it unprofessional conduct for an acupuncturist
to use the title "Doctor" or use the abbreviation "Dr." without
indicating the type of license that entitles him or her to use that
title.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 4936 is added to the Business and Professions
Code, to read:
   4936.  (a) It is unprofessional conduct for an acupuncturist to
use the title "Doctor" or the abbreviation "Dr." in connection with
the practice of acupuncture unless he or she possesses a license that
authorizes the use or possesses an earned doctorate degree from an
accredited, approved, or authorized educational institution as set
forth under Chapter 8 (commencing with Section 94800) of Part 59 of
Division 10 of Title 3 of the Education Code, which is in
acupuncture, oriental medicine, a biological science, or is otherwise
related to the authorized practice of an acupuncturist as set forth
in Sections 4927 and 4937.
   (b) The use of the title "Doctor" or the abbreviation "Dr." by an
acupuncturist as authorized in subdivision (a) without further
indicating the type of license or degree which authorizes that use
shall constitute unprofessional conduct.