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SB-52 Regulatory boards: healing arts.(2015-2016)

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CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2015–2016 REGULAR SESSION

Senate Bill
No. 52

Introduced by Senator Walters

December 19, 2014

An act to amend Section 104 of the Business and Professions Code, relating to regulatory boards.


LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


SB 52, as introduced, Walters. Regulatory boards: healing arts.
Existing law creates various regulatory boards within the Department of Consumer Affairs. Existing law authorizes health-related boards to adopt regulations requiring a licensee to display his or her license or registration in the locality in which he or she is treating patients and to make specified disclosures to patients.
This bill would make technical changes to that provision.
Vote: MAJORITY   Appropriation: NO   Fiscal Committee: NO   Local Program: NO  

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:


SECTION 1.

 Section 104 of the Business and Professions Code is amended to read:

104.
 All boards or other regulatory entities within the department’s jurisdiction that the department determines to be health-related health related may adopt regulations to require licensees a licensee to display their licenses or registrations his or her license or registration in the locality in which they are he or she is treating patients, and to inform patients as to the identity of the regulatory agency they may contact if they have any questions or complaints regarding the licensee. In complying with this requirement, those these boards may take into consideration the particular settings in which licensees practice a licensee practices, or other circumstances which that may make the displaying or providing of information to the consumer extremely difficult for the licensee in their his or her particular type of practice.