Bill Text: CA AB1848 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Physicians and surgeons: expert witness testimony.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-04-24 - In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author. [AB1848 Detail]

Download: California-2011-AB1848-Introduced.html

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BILL NUMBER: AB 1848	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Atkins

                        FEBRUARY 22, 2012

   An act to amend Section 2004 of the Business and Professions Code,
relating to medicine.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1848, as introduced, Atkins. Medical Board of California.
   The Medical Practice Act provides for the licensure and regulation
of physicians and surgeons by the Medical Board of California, and
specifies the board's responsibilities in this regard.
   This bill would make a technical, nonsubstantive change to these
provisions.
   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 2004 of the Business and Professions Code is
amended to read:
   2004.  The board shall have the responsibility for  all of
 the following:
   (a) The enforcement of the disciplinary and criminal provisions of
the Medical Practice Act.
   (b) The administration and hearing of disciplinary actions.
   (c) Carrying out disciplinary actions appropriate to findings made
by a panel or an administrative law judge.
   (d) Suspending, revoking, or otherwise limiting certificates after
the conclusion of disciplinary actions.
   (e) Reviewing the quality of medical practice carried out by
physician and surgeon certificate holders under the jurisdiction of
the board.
   (f) Approving undergraduate and graduate medical education
programs.
   (g) Approving clinical clerkship and special programs and
hospitals for the programs in subdivision (f).
   (h) Issuing licenses and certificates under the board's
jurisdiction.
   (i) Administering the board's continuing medical education
program.