CA SB 815
Title: Healing arts.
Author: Marc Berman
Summary
SB 815, Roth. Healing arts. (1) Existing law governs professions and vocations that are regulated by various boards within the Department of Consumer Affairs, including the Medical Board of California and the Dental Board of California. Existing law requires those boards to require a licensee, at the time of issuance of a license, to provide specified federal taxpayer information, including the applicant’s social security number or individual taxpayer identification number. Existing law prohibits a licensing board from processing an application for an initial license unless the applicant provides that information where requested on the application.Existing law, the Licensed Physicians and Dentists from Mexico Pilot Program, allows licensed physicians and dentists from Mexico to be issued a license by the Medical Board of California or a permit by the Dental Board of California to practice medicine or dentistry in California for a period not to exceed 3 years and establishes requirements for the participants in the program, as specified.This bill, for purposes of the pilot program, notwithstanding the above-described requirements to provide specified federal taxpayer information, would require the Medical Board of California (board) to issue a 3-year nonrenewable license to an applicant who has not provided an individual taxpayer identification number or social security number if the applicant meets specified conditions. The bill would require the applicant to immediately seek an appropriate 3-year visa and social security number from the federal government within 14 days of being issued the medical license and immediately provide the board with their social security number within 10 days of issuance of that card by the federal government. The bill would prohibit the applicant from engaging in the practice of medicine until the board determines that these conditions have been met. The bill would require the board to notify the applicant of their eligibility to practice medicine if the board determines the applicant has met these conditions. The bill would permit the board to extend the 3-year nonrenewable license period, as specified. The bill would require, for a licensee to be eligible for an extension, certain documents to be submitted to the board no later than January 30, 2024, including a declaration signed by the licensee under penalty of perjury that the licensee meets the requirements for an extension. By expanding the crime of perjury, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. The bill would prohibit an extension from extending the license period beyond September 30, 2026, and would make an extension dependent upon the program having sufficient funding appropriated in the annual Budget Act.(2) Existing law, the Medical Practice Act, establishes the Medical Board of California within the Department of Consumer Affairs for the licensure, regulation, and discipline of physicians and surgeons. Under existing law, the board consists of 15 members, 7 of whom are public members. Existing law requires the Senate Committee on Rules and the Speaker of the Assembly to each appoint one public member. Existing law repeals these provisions on January 1, 2024.This bill would extend that date to January 1, 2028.(3) Existing law requires members of the Medical Board of California to only be appointed from persons who have been citizens of this state for at least 5 years next preceding their appointment.This bill would instead require members of the board to only be appointed from persons who have been residents of this state for at least the 5-year period preceding their appointment. The bill would also make conforming changes.(4) Existing law requires legal proceedings against the Medical Board of California to be instituted in the City of Sacramento, Los Angeles, San Diego, or San Francisco.This bill would make a technical, nonsubstantive change to these provisions. (5) Existing law authorizes the Medical Board of Califo
Status
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
Bill Documents
CA SB 815 - 09/19/23 - Enrolled
09/19/23 - CA SB 815 (09/19/23 - Enrolled)
CA SB 815 - 09/11/23 - Amended Assembly
09/11/23 - CA SB 815 (09/11/23 - Amended Assembly)
CA SB 815 - 09/08/23 - Amended Assembly
09/08/23 - CA SB 815 (09/08/23 - Amended Assembly)
CA SB 815 - 09/05/23 - Amended Assembly
09/05/23 - CA SB 815 (09/05/23 - Amended Assembly)
CA SB 815 - 07/12/23 - Amended Assembly
07/12/23 - CA SB 815 (07/12/23 - Amended Assembly)
CA SB 815 - 05/25/23 - Amended Senate
05/25/23 - CA SB 815 (05/25/23 - Amended Senate)
CA SB 815 - 05/08/23 - Amended Senate
05/08/23 - CA SB 815 (05/08/23 - Amended Senate)
CA SB 815 - 04/27/23 - Amended Senate
04/27/23 - CA SB 815 (04/27/23 - Amended Senate)
CA SB 815 - 02/17/23 - Introduced
02/17/23 - CA SB 815 (02/17/23 - Introduced)