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BOARD OF ACCOUNTANCY

AB 843
Nunez
Refund Anticipation Loans and Tax Preparers
Prohibits a tax preparer from representing the availability of a refund anticipation loan as a client's actual refund. Requires a tax preparer that offers to facilitate this type of loan to provide the client with a specified written disclosure that includes the amount of a fee that would be charged, if any, if the client's loan is not approved. Requires that all disclosure documents comply with current law regarding translation of documents for those who primarily negotiate in Spanish, Chinese, Tagalog, Vietnamese or Korean.
Enacted
Chapter 396

ACUPUNCTURE BOARD

AB 1114
Yee
Acupuncturists: Continuing Education Requirements
Increases an acupuncturist's required continuing education hours from 30 every two years to 50 every two years. Requires that no more than 5 of these hours be spent on issues unrelated to clinical matters or the actual provision of health care to patients.
Enacted
Chapter 648

AB 1117
Yee
Acupuncture: Asian Medicine
Changes the term "Oriental" to "Asian" in statutes relating to the practice of acupuncture and the practice of "Oriental Medicine."
Enacted
Chapter 649

ALL BOARDS / BUREAUS / COMMISSIONS / PROGRAMS

AB 139
Committee on Budget
State Government
Deletes continuously appropriated funding to various Department of Consumer Affairs' boards/bureaus. Modifies the continuous appropriation language to the Medical Board's Medically Underserved Account by requiring that the monies are to repay loans per agreements with physicians who practice in underserved areas. (Urgency Measure)
Enacted
Chapter 74

AB 277
Mountjoy
Open Meetings: Closed Sessions
Eliminates the January 1, 2006, sunset date on the provisions authorizing state bodies to hold closed sessions to discuss security matters, thereby extending these provisions indefinitely. Also authorizes the California Public Employees' Retirement System Board to hold closed sessions when discussing rates and competitive strategies for its Long-Term Care Program.
Enacted
Chapter 288

SB 796
Figueroa
State Government Operations and Accountability Establishes the Government Modernization, Efficiency, Accountability and Transparency Act of 2005. Requires until January 1, 2012, that every state agency that has a website and issues permits or licenses, or accepts applications, proposals, bids or similar requests to post, no later than January 1, 2007, a customer service link with specific information. Requires every state agency to televise public hearings on proposed regulations via the internet or other technology, as practicable.
Enacted
Chapter 686

ARCHITECTS BOARD

AB 302
Committee on Business and Professions
Architects: Reporting Requirements
Clarifies when an architect is required to report a settlement of a claim in specified circumstances.
Enacted
Chapter 506

SB 1112
Committee on Business, Professions and Economic Development
Architects and Contractors
Provides that appointments to the California Architects Board expire on June 30, instead of June 1, of the 4th year following the year in which the previous term expired. Clarifies bond requirements and arbitration proceedings administered by the Contractors' State License Board. Authorizes the registrar of contractors to issue a probationary license with specified terms and conditions.
Enacted
Chapter 280

ATHLETIC COMMISSION

SB 278
Cedillo
Boxers' Pension Fund: Sunset Date Extension
Removes the sunset date on provisions providing for the $100,000 fee cap on boxing contests and requiring payments to the Boxers' Pension Fund and the State Athletic Commission when the fee based on admission receipts exceeds $70,000, allowing those provisions to remain in effect indefinitely.
Enacted
Chapter 104

BUREAU OF AUTOMOTIVE REPAIR

AB 383
Montanez
Motor Vehicle Inspection Program: Repair Assistance
Sets the maximum income level for eligible low-income participants in the Bureau of Automotive Repair's (Bureau) Consumer Assistance Program (CAP) at 200% of the federal poverty level and repeals this provision January 1, 2009. Requires the Bureau to give priority to applications submitted by owners whose vehicle has failed a smog check inspection and that is directed to a test only facility. Allows the Bureau to increase the maximum income level from 200% but not to exceed 225% when funding is available.
Enacted
Chapter 565

SB 731
Torlakson
State and Local Government
Modifies smog check inspection provisions by further defining who is exempt from smog checks. Authorizes red fog tail lamps to be installed no lower than 12 inches and no higher than 60 inches on all vehicles. Enacted
Chapter 270

BOARD OF BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES

SB 229
Figueroa
Professions and Vocations
Extends the sunset dates for the Board of Psychology, Board of Behavioral Sciences, Court Reporters Board, and the Structural Pest Control Board from January 1, 2007 to January 1, 2009. Imposes a processing fee for reinstatement of a Respiratory Care Board license that has been revoked, suspended or surrendered.
Enacted
Chapter 658

BOARD OF BARBERING & COSMETOLOGY

CONTRACTORS STATE LICENSE BOARD

AB 316
Nakanishi
Contractors: Arbitration, Home Improvement, & Service/Repair
Contracts
Clarifies that a person who qualifies for a contractor's license on behalf of an individual or firm as a partner, responsible managing officer or responsible managing employee, and then disassociates from such a license that has been referred to arbitration, is still responsible for complying with an arbitration award rendered as a result of acts or omissions that occurred while this person was still associated with the license. Revises and recasts existing home improvement and service/repair contracts, consolidating many of the existing requirements for these contracts and setting forth the required information, notices and disclosures to be included as part of these contracts.
Enacted
Chapter 385

AB 341
Daucher
Works of Improvement: Disputed Amounts
Would have revised existing law authorizing the withholding of disputed amounts owed to a contractor or subcontractor. The bill was later amended and now corrects a chaptering out that occurred earlier this year (2005) relating to the receipt of medical benefits under Medicare and Medi-Cal.
Enacted
Chapter 156

AB 1027
Horton, Jerome
Criminal Investigation
Establishes a procedure for the Contractors' State License Board (Board) to receive information about licensees who have failed to secure adequate insurance. Requires the Franchise Tax Board to notify the Board of any criminal charges or arraignments against Board licensees related to the Revenue and Taxation Code.
Enacted
Chapter 428

SB 232
Figueroa
Boards and Commissions
Extends the sunset date for the Board of Podiatric Medicine, the Speech- Language Pathology and Audiology Board, the Physician Assistant Committee, the Respiratory Care Board, and the Contractors' State License Board. Extends the sunset date on the provision that limits physicians serving in underserved areas from supervising more than four physician assistants at a time.
Enacted
Chapter 675

SB 488
Soto
Contractors
Increases penalties for third or subsequent convictions of contracting without a license to not less than $4,500 nor more than the greater amount of either $10,000 or 20% of the contract price under which the unlicensed person performed contracting work or by imprisonment or by both that fine and imprisonment. Makes failure to comply with workers' compensation insurance requirements a misdemeanor under the Contractors' State License Law.
Enacted
Chapter 205

SB 1113
Committee on Business, Professions and Economic Development
Landscape Architects, Engineers, and Contractors
Clarifies the practice exemption for licensed landscape contractors regulated by the Landscape Architects Technical Committee. Provides the Board of Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors with the authority to employ an executive officer until July 1, 2006, that coincides with its sunset date. Makes corrections to the home improvement and service and repair contract requirements enacted by SB 30 (Figueroa, Chapter 566, Statutes of 2004) and administered by the Contractors' State License Board.
Enacted
Chapter 48

COURT REPORTERS BOARD

DENTAL BOARD/DENTAL AUXILIARIES

AB 205
Ruskin
Identification of Dentures
Provides that instead of requiring dentures to be marked with the patient's name or social security number unless the patient objects, the dentures are to be marked with the patient's name. Requires the dentist to inform the patient that his or her name is to be used for identification purposes only, and he or she can decided whether or not the dentures are to be marked.
Enacted
Chapter 182

AB 1143
Emmerson
Dentist Special Permits
Establishes (1) two alternate pathways for a dentist to apply for a special permit if he or she meets certain requirements and (2) a fee cap for the issuance and renewal of special permits. Requires (1) the Dental Board (Board) to limit the number of special permits issued under the new alternate pathways to no more than five permits per pathway per dental school and (2) that an applicant for a special permit furnish satisfactory evidence of successfully completing an examination in California law and ethics developed and administered by the Board.
Enacted
Chapter 534

AB 1386
Laird
Adult Oral Conscious Sedation for Dental Work
Requires dentists who want to administer or supervise the administration of oral conscious sedation on a patient 13 years or older to meet certain requirements. Requires dentists, who have been issued a permit to administer general anesthesia, to complete 24 hours of Dental Board approved courses of study related to general anesthesia instead of 15 hours.
Enacted
Chapter 539

SB 1108
Committee on Judiciary
Maintenance Of The Codes
Makes grammatical changes to existing law that governs the practice of dentistry. Makes grammatical changes and technical corrections to existing law that impacts the Board of Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors and its licensees.
Enacted
Chapter 22

SB 1111
Committee on Business, Professions and Economic Development
Health Omnibus
Enacts, amends or repeals provisions relating to the following Department of Consumer Affairs boards: 1) Dental Board, 2) Medical Board, 3) Board of Podiatric Medicine, 4) Board of Occupational Therapy 5) Board of Registered Nursing, 6) Respiratory Care Board, (7) Board of Pharmacy and (8) Veterinary Medical Board. Among the more substantive provisions, provides new fees for the Dental Board's new specialty dental assisting categories, and a decrease in the Board of Pharmacy's licensing fee for out of state wholesaler facilities who have more than 20 locations in California.
Enacted
Chapter 621

BOARD FOR PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERS & LAND SURVEYORS

SB 228
Figueroa
Geologists/Geophysicists and Professional Engineers/Land Surveyors
Extends the sunsets dates for the Board of Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors and the Board for Geologists and Geophysicists from January 1, 2007 to January 1, 2009. Deletes the provision of existing law allowing a person to have temporary authorization to practice as a professional land surveyor if certain conditions and qualifications exist.
Enacted
Chapter 657

SB 1108
Committee on Judiciary
Maintenance of the Codes
Makes grammatical changes to existing law that governs the practice of dentistry. Makes grammatical changes and technical corrections to existing law that impacts the Board of Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors and its licensees.
Enacted
Chapter 22

BOARD FOR GEOLOGISTS & GEOPHYSICISTS

SB 228
Figueroa
Geologists/Geophysicists and Professional Engineers/LandSurveyors
Extends the sunsets dates for the Board of Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors and the Board for Geologists and Geophysicists from January 1, 2007 to January 1, 2009. Deletes the provision of existing law allowing a person to have temporary authorization to practice as a professional land surveyor if certain conditions and qualifications exist.
Enacted
Chapter 657

LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS TECHNICAL COMMITTEE

MEDICAL BOARD

AB 327
De La Torre
Steven M. Thompson Physician Corps Loan Repayment Program
Permits the Medical Board (Board) to give a physician and surgeon the option of making a $50 voluntary donation upon the initial issuance or biennial renewal of a physician and surgeon's certificate in order to fund the Steven M. Thompson Physician Corps Loan Repayment Program (Thompson Program). Specifies that the Board shall deposit any money collected pursuant to this bill in the Medically Underserved Account for the purpose of supporting the Thompson Program.
Enacted
Chapter 293

AB 367
Nakanishi
Physician and Surgeon License Fee Waiver
Waives the initial license fee for physician and surgeon applicants who certify to the Medical Board that the issuance of the license is for the sole purpose of providing voluntary, unpaid service in a specified setting.
Enacted
Chapter 144

AB 592
Yee
Physicians and Surgeons
Provides that a physician and surgeon may not be disciplined for unprofessional conduct solely on the basis that the advice or care rendered to a patient is alternative or complementary medicine, including the treatment of persistent Lyme Disease, if specified conditions are satisfied.
Enacted
Chapter 304

AB 920
Aghazarian
California Physicians Corps Program
Moves the Steven M. Thompson Physician Corps Loan Repayment Program and the Volunteer Physician Program from the Medical Board of California to the Health Professions Education Foundation within the Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development as of July 1, 2006.
Enacted
Chapter 317

AB 1195
Coto
Continuing Education: Cultural and Linguistic Competency
Requires all continuing medical education courses, unless exempted, to contain curriculum pertaining to cultural and linguistic competency in the practice of medicine by July 1, 2006.
Enacted
Chapter 514

SB 231
Figueroa
Medical Board of California
Extends the sunset date for the Medical Board (Board) from January 1, 2007 to January 1, 2011. Requires licensees to inform the Board when they are subject to various court judgements and convictions. Increases the Board's licensing fees and requires the Joint Committee on Boards, Commissions and Consumer Protection to examine the Board's composition and fees and report all findings to the Governor and Legislature no later than July 1, 2008.
Enacted
Chapter 674

SB 279
Cedillo
Physicians and Surgeons: Locum Tenens Services
Provides that temporary staffing agencies, commonly referred to as locum tenens agencies, are not an employer of the physicians they place.
Enacted
Chapter 596

SB 1111
Committee on Business, Professions and Economic Development
Health Omnibus
Enacts, amends or repeals provisions relating to the following Department of Consumer Affairs boards: 1) Dental Board, 2) Medical Board, 3) Board of Podiatric Medicine, 4) Board of Occupational Therapy 5) Board of Registered Nursing, 6) Respiratory Care Board, 7) Board of Pharmacy and 8) Veterinary Medical Board. Among the more substantive provisions, provides new fees for the Dental Board new specialty dental assisting categories, and a decrease in the Board of Pharmacy's licensing fee for out of state wholesaler facilities who have more than 20 locations in California.
Enacted
Chapter 621

NATUROPATHIC MEDICINE

AB 302
Committee on Business and Professions
Naturopathic Doctors: Prescriptions
Clarifies when an architect is required to report a settlement of a claim in specified circumstances. Makes various changes to the Naturopathic Doctor's Act and Pharmacy Law to recognize the ability of naturopathic doctors to prescribe certain treatments and medicines.
Enacted
Chapter 506

OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY BOARD

OFFICE OF PRIVACY PROTECTION

AB 361
Runner,
Sharon
Notaries Public: Identity Theft
Requires a court to revoke a notary public's commission upon conviction of any offense related to his or her duties, or of any felony, and requires the surrender of his or her seal to the court. Also makes it a misdemeanor for any person to solicit, coerce, or influence a notary public to perform an improper notarial act, and for a notary public to willfully fail to perform the required duties of a notary public or to willfully fail to keep the seal of the notary under his or her direct and exclusive
control.
Enacted
Chapter 295

AB 1069
Montanez
Deceptive Identification Documents
Makes it a misdemeanor crime to possess deceptive identification document-making devices with the intent that the devices will be used to manufacture, alter, or authenticate a deceptive identification document. Allows document-making devices to be seized by and forfeited to or destroyed by law enforcement upon a court order.
Enacted
Chapter 326

AB 1566
Calderon
Identity Theft
Provides that every person who, with the intent to defraud, acquires, transfers, or retains possession of the personal identifying information of another person who is in the armed forces and is deployed, as defined, to a location outside of the state is guilty of a public offense, and upon conviction therefore, shall be punished by imprisonment in a county jail not to exceed one year, or a fine not to exceed fifteen hundred dollars ($1,500), or by both that imprisonment and fine.
Enacted
Chapter 432

AB 1595
Evans
Public Officials: Disclosing Personal Information
Expands existing law prohibiting posting public official's personal information on the Internet with the intent to cause bodily harm to also prohibit the public posting and displaying of this information if the official has made a written request that the information not be disclosed. Also expands the law to prohibit soliciting, selling, or trading this information on the Internet with the intent to cause bodily harm, and allows the official recourse through court orders and civil penalties if the official's personal information is solicited, sold, or traded with the intent to cause bodily harm.
Enacted
Chapter 343

AB 1741
Committee
on Judiciary
Voter Information: Privacy
Prohibits persons from sending voter and petition information outside of the United States.
Enacted
Chapter 121

SB 13
Bowen
Personal Information
Permits an agency to disclose information to the University of California or a nonprofit educational institution conducting research only if the request is approved by the Committee for the Protection of Human Subjects of the California Health and Human Services Agency. Eliminates the general exemption of any state agency to disclose personal information for research purposes and specifically prohibits the California Department of Social Services from releasing any personal information in case records in a manner that links that information to the individual.
Enacted
Chapter 241

SB 97
Murray
Spam: Enhanced Criminal Penalties
Provides that a person who violates California's anti-spam law by sending unsolicited commercial electronic mail ("spam"), has committed a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not more than $1,000, imprisonment in a county jail for not more than six months, or by both the fine and imprisonment.
Enacted
Chapter 247

SB 101
Battin
Employee Compensation: Identification Number
Prohibits an employer from including more than the last four digits of an employee's social security number or other identification number on the employee's itemized statement furnished at the time of payment of wages to an employee.
Enacted
Chapter 103

SB 355
Murray
Internet Regulation
Prohibits Internet "phishing" and provides for civil remedies and civil penalties. Specifically, prohibits a person from soliciting, requesting, or taking any action to induce another person to provide identifying information by representing him or herself to be a business without the approval of that business.
Enacted
Chapter 437

SB 460
Margett
Offenders' Access to Personal Identifying Information
Prohibits any offender confined in a county facility or the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation from being employed in or performing any work that grants them access to the personal identifying information of private citizens.
Enacted
Chapter 259

SB 802
Simitian
Debit Card Receipts
Prohibits a person or business that accepts credit cards or debit cards from printing more than the last five digits of a debit card account number or the expiration date upon any receipt, except as specified.
Enacted
Chapter 445

SB 1016
Bowen
Voter Information: Privacy
Makes voters' signature confidential, except for purposes of challenging a vote. Requires disclosure to registrants that only one type of identification number need be provided, as specified. Extends the requirement that initiative proponents and signature gatherers sign a statement acknowledging the law regarding the appropriate use of the signatures gathered and provide that they must execute and submit a signed statement acknowledging that it is a misdemeanor under state law to knowingly or willfully allow the signature on an initiative petition to be used for any purpose other than qualification of the proposed measure for the ballot.
Enacted
Chapter 726

BOARD OPTOMETERY

AB 370
Aghazarian
Optometry: Accusations
Requires the Optometry Board (Board) to file an accusation against a licensee within three years after the Board discovers the act or omission that is the subject of proceedings, or within seven years after the act or omission occurred, whichever comes first. Accusations alleging fraud or willful misrepresentation, unprofessional conduct based on incompetence, gross negligence or repeated negligent acts, are excluded from the statute of limitations established by this bill. Alleged acts of sexual abuse, misconduct, or relations with a minor patient shall delay the statute of limitations until the minor reaches the age of maturity.
Enacted
Chapter 186

AB 488
Bermudez
Optometry
Authorizes the Optometry Board (Board) to issue a probationary license to an applicant guilty of unprofessional conduct or any cause that would subject a licensee to revocation or suspension of his or her license and provides that the probationary license would be subject to specified terms and conditions that may be modified or terminated at the discretion of the Board. Eliminates the legislative reporting mandate regarding fee increases and the grace period of 30 days before a delinquency fee is assessed to a license late for renewal, and requires all late renewals to be assessed the delinquency fee.
Enacted
Chapter 393

OSTEOPATHIC MEDICAL BOARD

AB 268
Matthews
Osteopathic Medical Board: Reporting Requirements
Makes technical, clarifying changes to existing law stating that reports of misconduct in various circumstances relating to licensees of the Osteopathic Medical Board be made to that board.
Enacted
Chapter 216

SB 248
Figueroa
Professions and Vocations
Extends the sunset dates for the Dental Board and Committee on Dental Auxiliaries. Repeals and reconstitutes a new seven-member Acupuncture Board (Board) authorized until January 1, 2011, and allows the Board, with the approval of the Department of Consumer Affairs, to appoint an executive officer. Also requires the Osteopathic Medical Board to submit a report to the Joint Committee on Boards, Commissions and Consumer Protection by September 1, 2010.
Enacted
Chapter 659

BOARD OF PHARMACY

AB 497
Negrete, McLeod
Surety Bonds and License Fees for Nonresident Drug Wholesalers
and Manufacturers
Allows a nonresident wholesaler of pharmaceutical drugs to submit a single surety bond for all licensed distribution sites, excludes bond requirement for certain facilities, as well as reduces the application fee for wholesalers who have more than 20 facilities to $225 which may be increased to $300, for every location after the first 20 are licensed.
Enacted
Chapter 301

AB 522
Plescia
Pharmacy: Automated Drug Delivery System
Defines pharmacy services; requires a pharmacist reviewing an order for a drug to check for contraindications and adverse drug reactions; and prevents licensed personnel from accessing a different drug or dose of a drug than that ordered by the prescriber and reviewed by a pharmacist.
Enacted
Chapter 469

SB 644
Ortiz
Dispensing Prescription Drugs and Devices: Requirements
Requires a health care licentiate to dispense a lawful prescription except in specified circumstances, which include if the drug is not stocked or if the licentiate has an ethical, moral, or religious objection to dispensing the prescription. Requires that the licentiate's employer form protocols to allow a patient to obtain the prescription without undue hardship to provide reasonable accommodation to the licentiate who has expressed an objection to dispensing the prescription on these grounds.
Enacted
Chapter 417

SB 734
Torlakson
Controlled Substances
Makes technical and clean-up changes to facilitate the effective operation of the Controlled Substances Utilization Review and Evaluation System and the program duties of the Bureau of Narcotics Enforcement, within the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Board of Pharmacy. Creates a new fee payable by doctors to the DOJ to fund background checks required for security printer approval.
Enacted
Chapter 487

PHYSICIANS ASSISTANTS COMMITTEE

PODIATRIC MEDICINE BOARD

BOARD OF PSYCHOLOGY

BOARD OF REGISTERED NURSING

SB 614
Figueroa
Certified Nurse-Midwives
Expands the locations where certified nurse-midwives can furnish Schedule II medication from hospital settings to all the health care settings in which they provide care.
Enacted
Chapter 266

RESPIRATORY CARE BOARD

SB 232
Figueroa
Boards and Commissions: Respiratory Care
Extends the sunset date for the Board of Podiatric Medicine, the Speech- Language Pathology and Audiology Board, the Physician Assistant Committee, the Respiratory Care Board, and the Contractors' State License Board. Extends the sunset date on the provision that limits physicians serving in underserved areas from supervising more than four physician assistants at a time.
Enacted
Chapter 675

BUREAU OFSECURITY & INVESTIGATIVE SERVICES

SB 194
Maldonado
Proprietary Private Security Officers: License Program
Requires proprietary private security guards to comply with licensing requirements and register with the Bureau of Security and Investigative Services within the Department of Consumer Affairs.
Enacted
Chapter 655

SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGY & AUDIOLOGY BOARD

STRUCTURAL PEST COTROL BOARD

SUNSET REVIEW

SB 228
Figueroa
Geologists/Geophysicists and Professional Engineers/Land
Surveyors
Extends the sunsets dates for the Board of Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors and the Board for Geologists and Geophysicists from January 1, 2007 to January 1, 2009. Deletes the provision of existing law allowing a person to have temporary authorization to practice as a professional land surveyor if certain conditions and qualifications exist.
Enacted
Chapter 657

SB 229
Figueroa
Professions and Vocations: Sunset Review
Extends the sunset dates for the Board of Psychology, Board of Behavioral Sciences, Court Reporters Board, and the Structural Pest Control Board from January 1, 2007 to January 1, 2009. Imposes a processing fee for reinstatement of a Respiratory Care Board license that has been revoked, suspended or surrendered.
Enacted
Chapter 658

SB 232
Figueroa
Boards and Commissions: Sunset Review
Extends the sunset date for the Board of Podiatric Medicine, the Speech- Language Pathology and Audiology Board, the Physician Assistant Committee, the Respiratory Care Board, and the Contractor's State License Board. Extends the sunset date on the provision that limits physicians serving in underserved areas from supervising more than four physician assistants at a time.
Enacted
Chapter 675