CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2023–2024 REGULAR SESSION

Assembly Bill
No. 1264

Introduced by Committee on Business and Professions

February 16, 2023

An act to amend Sections 4928 and 4934 of, and to amend, renumber, and add Section 4928.1 of, the Business and Professions Code, relating to healing arts.


LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


AB 1264, as introduced, Committee on Business and Professions. Acupuncture.
Existing law, the Acupuncture Licensure Act, provides for the licensure and regulation of the practice of acupuncture. Existing law requires the Acupuncture Board, consisting of 7 members, to enforce and administer the act, and repeals this provision on January 1, 2024. Under existing law, that repeal renders the board subject to review by the appropriate policy committees of the Legislature. Existing law makes the protection of the public the highest priority for the board in exercising its licensing, regulatory, and disciplinary functions. Existing law authorizes the board, by and with the approval of the Director of Consumer Affairs, to appoint an executive officer who is exempt from the State Civil Service Act, and repeals this provision on January 1, 2024.
This bill would reorganize and make other nonsubstantive changes to these provisions.
Vote: MAJORITY   Appropriation: NO   Fiscal Committee: NO   Local Program: NO  

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


SECTION 1.

 Section 4928 of the Business and Professions Code is amended to read:

4928.
 (a) The Acupuncture Board, which consists of seven members, shall enforce and administer this chapter.
(b) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2024, and as of that date is repealed.

(c)Notwithstanding any other law, the repeal of this section renders the board subject to review by the appropriate policy committees of the Legislature.

SEC. 2.

 Section 4928.1 of the Business and Professions Code is amended and renumbered to read:

4928.1.4928.2.
 Protection of the public shall be the highest priority for the Acupuncture Board in exercising its licensing, regulatory, and disciplinary functions. Whenever the protection of the public is inconsistent with other interests sought to be promoted, the protection of the public shall be paramount.

SEC. 3.

 Section 4928.1 is added to the Business and Professions Code, to read:

4928.1.
 Notwithstanding any other law, the repeal of this section renders the board subject to review by the appropriate policy committees of the Legislature.

SEC. 4.

 Section 4934 of the Business and Professions Code is amended to read:

4934.
 (a) The board, by and with the approval of the director, may appoint an executive officer who is exempt from the State Civil Service Act (Part 2 (commencing with Section 18500) of Division 5 of Title 2 of the Government Code).
(b) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2024, and as of that date is repealed.