Amended in Senate May 21, 2015

California Legislature—2015–16 Regular Session

Assembly BillNo. 773


Introduced by Assembly Member Baker

February 25, 2015


An act to amendbegin delete Sectionend deletebegin insert Sections 2423 andend insert 2982begin delete ofend deletebegin insert of, and to repeal Section 2422 of,end insert the Business and Professions Code, relating to business and professions.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

AB 773, as amended, Baker. begin deletePsychology licensing. end deletebegin insertLicenses: Medical Board of California: Board of Psychology.end insert

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Existing law provides for the licensure and regulation of specific health care professions by the Medical Board of California or a licensing and regulatory authority within the jurisdiction of that board. The Medical Practice Act determines the expiration of, and governs the renewal of, certificates, licenses, registrations, and permits issued by or under the Medical Board of California, including physician and surgeon’s certificates, certificates to practice podiatric medicine, physical therapy licenses and approvals, registrations of research psychoanalysts, registrations of dispensing opticians, registrations of nonresident contact lens sellers, registrations of spectacle lens dispensers, registrations of contact lens dispensers, certificates to practice midwifery, and fictitious-name permits. Under the act, physician and surgeon’s certificates, certificates to practice podiatric medicine, registrations of spectacle lens dispensers and contact lens dispensers, and certificates to practice midwifery expire on the last day of the birth month of the licensee during the 2nd year of a 2-year term. Under that act, registrations of dispensing opticians expire on the last day of the month in which the license was issued during the 2nd year of a 2-year term.

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The Psychology Licensing Law establishes the Board of Psychology to license and regulate the practice of psychology.begin delete The law expires the term of a license based on the licensee’s birth date.end deletebegin insert Under that law, psychology licenses expire on the legal birth date of the licensee during the 2nd year of a 2-year term.end insert

This bill would insteadbegin insert have all of the above licensesend insert expirebegin delete the term of a licenseend delete at thebegin delete endend deletebegin insert end, as provided,end insert of a 2-year period from the date the license was issued.

Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: no.

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

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begin insertSECTION 1.end insert  

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begin insertSection 2422 of the end insertbegin insertBusiness and Professions
2Code
end insert
begin insert is repealed.end insert

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2422.  

All licenses expire and become invalid at 12 midnight
4on the last day of February of each even-numbered year if not
5renewed.

6To renew an unexpired license, a licensee shall, on or before the
7date it would otherwise expire, apply for renewal on a form
8prescribed by the licensing authority and pay the prescribed renewal
9fee.

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10begin insert

begin insertSEC. 2.end insert  

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begin insertSection 2423 of the end insertbegin insertBusiness and Professions Codeend insertbegin insert is
11amended to read:end insert

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2423.  

(a) begin deleteNotwithstanding Section 2422: end deletebegin insertAll physician and
13surgeon’s certificates, certificates to practice podiatric medicine,
14registrations of dispensing opticians, spectacle lens dispensers,
15and contact lens dispensers, and certificates to practice midwifery
16shall expire at 12 midnight on the last day of the month in which
17the license was issued during the second year of a two-year term
18commencing from the date of issuance.end insert

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19(1) All physician and surgeon’s certificates, certificates to
20practice podiatric medicine, registrations of spectacle lens
21dispensers and contact lens dispensers, and certificates to practice
22midwifery shall expire at 12 midnight on the last day of the birth
23month of the licensee during the second year of a two-year term
24if not renewed.

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P3    1(2) Registrations of dispensing opticians will expire at midnight
2on the last day of the month in which the license was issued during
3the second year of a two-year term if not renewed.

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4(b) The Division of Licensing shall establish by regulation
5procedures for the administration of a birth date renewal program,
6including, but not limited to, the establishment of a system of
7staggered license expiration dates such that a relatively equal
8number of licenses expire monthly.

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9(c)

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10begin insert(b)end insert To renew an unexpired license, thebegin delete licensee shall,end deletebegin insert licensee,end insert
11 on or before thebegin delete datesend deletebegin insert dateend insert on which it would otherwise expire,
12begin insert shallend insert apply for renewal on a form prescribed by the licensing
13authority and pay the prescribed renewal fee.

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begin deleteSECTION 1.end delete
15begin insertSEC. 3.end insert  

Section 2982 of the Business and Professions Code is
16amended to read:

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2982.  

begin insert(a)end insertbegin insertend insertAll licenses expire and become invalid at 12 midnight
18on the last day of February, 1980, and thereafter shall expire at 12
19midnight of the last date of the two-year period from the date the
20license was issued.

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21 To

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22begin insert(b)end insertbegin insertend insertbegin insertToend insert renew an unexpired license, thebegin delete licensee shall,end deletebegin insert licensee,end insert
23 on or before the date on which it would otherwise expire,begin insert shallend insert
24 apply for renewal on a form provided by the board, accompanied
25by the prescribed renewal fee.



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