BILL NUMBER: SB 975	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Wright

                        JANUARY 19, 2012

   An act to add Section 101.2 to the Business and Professions Code,
relating to professions and vocations.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 975, as introduced, Wright. Professions and vocations:
regulatory authority.
   Existing law, the Business and Professions Code, provides for the
licensure and regulation of various professions and vocations by
boards, bureaus, and commissions within the Department of Consumer
Affairs.
   This bill would provide that those boards, bureaus, and
commissions have the sole and exclusive authority in state government
to license and regulate the practice of professions and vocations
regulated by those boards pursuant to provisions of that code, and
that no licensing requirements, as specified, shall be imposed upon a
person licensed to practice one of those professions or vocations
other than under that code or by regulation promulgated by the
applicable board through its authority granted under that code.
   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 101.2 is added to the Business and Professions
Code, to read:
   101.2.  (a) (1) The boards specified in Section 101 shall have the
sole and exclusive authority in state government to license and
regulate the practice of professions and vocations regulated by those
boards pursuant to provisions of this code.
   (2) No licensing requirement shall be imposed upon a person
licensed to practice a profession or vocation regulated by a board
specified in Section 101 other than by this code or by regulation
promulgated by the applicable board through its authority granted
under this code.
   (b) For purposes of this section, "licensing requirements"
include, but are not limited to, the following with respect to a
profession or vocation licensed and regulated by a board specified in
Section 101:
   (1) Additional training or certification requirements to practice
within the scope of practice of a profession or vocation licensed
under this code.
   (2) Continuing education requirements for renewal or continuation
of licensure.
   (3) Any additional requirements beyond those provided in this code
or pursuant to regulations promulgated by the applicable board
specified in Section 101 through its authority granted under this
code.
   (c) Nothing in this section shall be construed to do either of the
following:
   (1) Prohibit parties from contractually agreeing to additional
experience, qualifications, or training of a licensee under this code
in connection with performance of a contract.
   (2) Prohibit a licensee from voluntarily undertaking satisfaction
of certification programs not required under this code for licensure
by a board specified in Section 101.