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SB-481 Physicians and surgeons: specialty certifications and practice status: annual report.(2023-2024)

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Date Published: 02/14/2023 09:00 PM
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CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2023–2024 REGULAR SESSION

Senate Bill
No. 481

Introduced by Senator Niello

February 14, 2023

An act to amend Sections 2425.3 and 2455.2 of the Business and Professions Code, relating to healing arts, and declaring the urgency thereof, to take effect immediately.


LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


SB 481, as introduced, Niello. Physicians and surgeons: specialty certifications and practice status: annual report.
(1) Existing law, the Medical Practice Act, establishes the Medical Board of California to license and regulate physicians and surgeons. Existing law requires a physician and surgeon, upon issuance of an initial license and at the time of license renewal, to report to the board any specialty board certification they hold and their practice status.
This bill would require the board to annually compile and report that information on the board’s internet website, as specified.
(2) Existing law, the Osteopathic Act, establishes the Osteopathic Medical Board of California to license and regulate osteopathic physicians and surgeons. Existing law requires the board to enforce the Medical Practice Act with respect to its licensees. Existing law requires a licensed osteopathic physician and surgeon, at the time of initial licensure, to report to the board any specialty board certification they hold and, at the time of license renewal, to report their practice status.
This bill would require the board to annually compile and report that information on the board’s internet website, as specified.
(3) This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.
Vote: 2/3   Appropriation: NO   Fiscal Committee: YES   Local Program: NO  

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


SECTION 1.

 Section 2425.3 of the Business and Professions Code is amended to read:

2425.3.
 (a) A licensed physician and surgeon shall report to the board, immediately upon issuance of an initial license and at the time of license renewal, any specialty board certification he or she holds they hold that is issued by a member board of the American Board of Medical Specialties or approved by the Medical Board of California.
(b) A licensed physician and surgeon shall also report to the board, immediately upon issuance of an initial license and at the time of license renewal, his or her their practice status, designated as one of the following:
(1) Full-time practice in California.
(2) Full-time practice outside of California.
(3) Part-time practice in California.
(4) Medical administrative employment that does not include direct patient care.
(5) Retired.
(6) Other practice status, as may be further defined by the board.
(c) (1) A licensed physician and surgeon shall report to the board, immediately upon issuance of an initial license and at the time of license renewal, and the board shall collect, information regarding his or her their cultural background and foreign language proficiency. The board shall provide an option for a licensed physician and surgeon to decline to state in the report his or her their cultural background and foreign language proficiency.
(2) Information collected pursuant to this subdivision shall be aggregated on an annual basis based on categories utilized by the board in the collection of the data, and shall be aggregated into both statewide totals and ZIP code of primary practice location totals.
(3) Aggregated information under this subdivision shall be compiled annually and reported on the board’s Internet Web site internet website on or before October 1 of each year.
(d) The information collected pursuant to subdivisions (a) and (b) may also be placed on the board’s Internet Web site. shall be compiled by the board, aggregated into a statewide total and county totals, and reported on the board’s internet website on or before October 1 of each year. The board may include this information in the report required under paragraph (3) of subdivision (c) to satisfy this requirement.

SEC. 2.

 Section 2455.2 of the Business and Professions Code is amended to read:

2455.2.
 (a) A licensed osteopathic physician and surgeon shall report to the Osteopathic Medical Board of California, at the time of initial licensure, any specialty board certification that he or she holds they hold that is issued by a member board of the American Board of Medical Specialties or approved by the Osteopathic Medical Board of California.
(b) A licensed osteopathic physician and surgeon shall also report to the board, at the time of license renewal, his or her their practice status, designated as one of the following:
(1) Full-time practice in California.
(2) Full-time practice outside of California.
(3) Part-time practice in California.
(4) Medical administrative employment that does not include direct patient care.
(5) Retired.
(6) Other practice status, as may be further defined by the board.
(c) A licensed osteopathic physician and surgeon may report to the board, at the time of initial licensure and license renewal, and the board shall collect, information regarding his or her their cultural background and foreign language proficiency.
(d) The information collected pursuant to subdivisions (a) and (b) shall annually be compiled by the board, aggregated into a statewide total and county totals, and reported on the board’s internet website.

(d)

(e) The information collected pursuant to this section subdivision (c) may be placed on the board’s Internet Web site. internet website.

(e)This section shall become operative on July 1, 2010.

SEC. 3.

 This act is an urgency statute necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety within the meaning of Article IV of the California Constitution and shall go into immediate effect. The facts constituting the necessity are:
Due to the shortage of physicians in California, especially in rural and underserved areas, it is necessary that this bill take effect immediately to better inform policymaking related to access to care and physician recruitment.