BILL NUMBER: SB 1043 INTRODUCED BILL TEXT INTRODUCED BY Senator Calderon FEBRUARY 12, 2010 An act to add Chapter 2.7 (commencing with Section 18900) to Division 8 of the Business and Professions Code, relating to personal trainers. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST SB 1043, as introduced, Calderon. Personal trainers. Existing law imposes requirements for a person to hold himself or herself out as a member of a particular vocation or profession, but does not impose such requirements with respect to personal trainers. This bill would provide that a person may not hold himself or herself out as a personal trainer without having either a college degree or certification from a national independent certifying body. 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. Chapter 2.7 (commencing with Section 18900) is added to Division 8 of the Business and Professions Code, to read: CHAPTER 2.7. PERSONAL TRAINERS 18900. It shall be unlawful for any person to hold himself or herself out as a "personal trainer" without having either a college degree or certification from a national independent certifying body.