Bill Text: CA AB1621 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Chaptered

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Bill Title: Physicians and surgeons: prostate cancer.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2012-07-10 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 76, Statutes of 2012. [AB1621 Detail]

Download: California-2011-AB1621-Chaptered.html

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BILL NUMBER: AB 1621	CHAPTERED
	BILL TEXT

	CHAPTER  76
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  JULY 10, 2012
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  JULY 10, 2012
	PASSED THE SENATE  JUNE 25, 2012
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  APRIL 9, 2012

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Halderman

                        FEBRUARY 8, 2012

   An act to amend Section 2248 of the Business and Professions Code,
relating to medicine.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1621, Halderman. Physicians and surgeons: prostate cancer.
   Existing law, the Medical Practice Act, provides for the licensure
and regulation of physicians and surgeons by the Medical Board of
California. Existing law requires a physician and surgeon examining a
patient's prostate gland during a physical examination to provide
the patient with specified information if certain conditions are
present.
   This bill would exempt from this requirement a physician and
surgeon working on a trauma case, defined as any injured person who
has been evaluated by prehospital personnel according to policies and
procedures established by the local EMS agency and who has been
found to require transportation to a trauma facility.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 2248 of the Business and Professions Code is
amended to read:
   2248.  This section shall be known as, and may be cited as, the
Grant H. Kenyon Prostate Cancer Detection Act.
   (a) If a physician and surgeon, during a physical examination,
examines a patient's prostate gland, the physician and surgeon shall
provide information to the patient about the availability of
appropriate diagnostic procedures, including, but not limited to, the
prostate antigen (PSA) test, if any of the following conditions are
present:
   (1) The patient is over 50 years of age.
   (2) The patient manifests clinical symptomatology.
   (3) The patient is at an increased risk of prostate cancer.
   (4) The provision of the information to the patient is medically
necessary, in the opinion of the physician and surgeon.
   (b) Violation of subdivision (a) constitutes unprofessional
conduct and is not subject to Section 2314.
   (c) This section shall not apply to a physician and surgeon
working on a trauma case as defined in Section 1798.160 of the Health
and Safety Code.