AB1991:v93#DOCUMENTBill Start
Assembly Bill
No. 1991
CHAPTER 369
An act to add Section 850.2 to the Business and Professions Code, relating to healing arts.
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Approved by
Governor
September 22, 2024.
Filed with
Secretary of State
September 22, 2024.
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LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 1991, Bonta.
Licensee and registrant renewal: National Provider Identifier.
Existing law provides for the licensure and regulation of various healing arts professions and vocations by boards established within the Department of Consumer Affairs, and establishes the standards for licensure or certification of health professionals. Existing law makes certain violations of specified provisions relating to healing arts by a licensee or registrant a crime.
This bill would require a healing arts board, as defined, to require a licensee or registrant who electronically renews their license or registration to provide to that board the licensee’s or registrant’s individual National Provider
Identifier, if they have one. The bill would provide that a violation of the bill’s requirements is not a crime.
Digest Key
Vote:
MAJORITY
Appropriation:
NO
Fiscal Committee:
YES
Local Program:
NO
Bill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1.
Section 850.2 is added to the Business and Professions Code, immediately following Section 850.1, to read:850.2.
(a) For purposes of this section, “healing arts board” means any board, division, or examining committee in the Department of Consumer Affairs that licenses or certifies health professionals.(b) A healing arts board shall require a licensee or registrant who electronically renews their license or registration to provide to that board the licensee’s or registrant’s individual National Provider Identifier, if they
have one.
(c) A violation of this section shall not constitute a crime.