Bill Text: CA AB1838 | 2013-2014 | Regular Session | Amended
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Bill Title: Healing arts: medical school accreditation.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2014-07-18 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 143, Statutes of 2014. [AB1838 Detail]
Download: California-2013-AB1838-Amended.html
Bill Title: Healing arts: medical school accreditation.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2014-07-18 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 143, Statutes of 2014. [AB1838 Detail]
Download: California-2013-AB1838-Amended.html
BILL NUMBER: AB 1838 AMENDED BILL TEXT AMENDED IN SENATE MAY 14, 2014 AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY MARCH 5, 2014 INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Bonilla ( Coauthor: Assembly Member Pan ) FEBRUARY 18, 2014 An act to add Section 2084.5 to the Business and Professions Code, relating to healing arts. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST AB 1838, as amended, Bonilla. Healing arts: medical school accreditation. 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 each applicant for a physician's and surgeon's certificate to show by official transcript or other official evidence satisfactory to the Division of Licensing that he or she has successfully completed a specified medical curriculum that meets certain clinical instruction requirements extending over a period of at least 4 academic years, or 32 months of actual instruction, in a medical school, as specified. This bill, notwithstanding any other law, would provide that a medical school or medical school program accredited by the Liaison Committee on MedicalEducation orEducation, the Committee on Accreditation of Canadian MedicalSchoolsSchools, or the Commission on Osteopathic College Accreditation is deemed to meet the requirements described above. Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no. State-mandated local program: no. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. Section 2084.5 is added to the Business and Professions Code, to read: 2084.5. Notwithstanding any other law, a medical school or medical school program accredited by the Liaison Committee on MedicalEducation orEducation, the Committee on Accreditation of Canadian MedicalSchoolsSchools, or the Commission on Osteopathic College Accreditation shall be deemed to meet the requirements of Sections 2089 and 2089.5.