BILL NUMBER: AB 2190 AMENDED
BILL TEXT
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY APRIL 5, 2016
INTRODUCED BY Committee on Business and Professions
( Assembly Members Bonilla
(Chair), Jones (Vice Chair), Baker, Bloom, Campos, Chang, Dodd,
Mullin, Wilk, and Wood ) Assembly
Member Salas
( Principal coauthor: Senator
Hill )
FEBRUARY 18, 2016
An act to amend Sections 4928 and 4934 of the Business and
Professions Code, relating to healing arts.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 2190, as amended, Committee on Business and
Professions Salas . Acupuncture Board: executive
officer.
Existing law, the Acupuncture Licensure Act, provides for the
licensure and regulation of the practice of acupuncture by the
Acupuncture Board, within the Department of Consumer Affairs.
Existing law authorizes the board, with the approval of the Director
of Consumer Affairs, to employ personnel necessary to administer the
Acupuncture Licensure Act, including an executive officer who is
exempt from civil service. Existing law repeals the provisions
establishing the board and authority for it to employ personnel on
January 1, 2017.
The bill would extend the operation of the board and the board's
authority to appoint an executive officer exempt from civil service
until January 1, 2019.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated 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,
2019, and as of that date is repealed.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 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,
2019, and as of that date is repealed.