Existing law requires the California Building Standards Commission to codify all building standards of adopting agencies or state agencies that propose the building standards and statutes defining building standards into one California Building Standards Code. Existing law requires the commission to publish, or cause to be published, editions of the building standards code in its entirety once every 3 years.

This bill would state the intent of the Legislature that all primary care clinics, including primary care clinics that provide abortion services, be subject to the same licensing and building standards. The bill would require the commission, in conjunction with the Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development (OSHPD), to repeal a specific provision of the 2013 Triennial Edition of the Building Standards Code, as soon as possible. The bill would grant OSHPD emergency regulatory authority to implement these provisions, and would make these regulations permanent without further regulatory action. The bill would require the State Department of Public Health, no later than July 1, 2014, to repeal certain regulations relating to abortion services in primary care clinics.