Bill Text: CA SB207 | 2013-2014 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Department of Consumer Affairs: licensee information.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-02-03 - Returned to Secretary of Senate pursuant to Joint Rule 56. [SB207 Detail]
Download: California-2013-SB207-Introduced.html
BILL NUMBER: SB 207 INTRODUCED
BILL TEXT
INTRODUCED BY Senator Cannella
FEBRUARY 8, 2013
An act to amend Section 27 of the Business and Professions Code,
relating to consumer affairs.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
SB 207, as introduced, Cannella. Department of Consumer Affairs:
licensee information.
Existing law requires various boards in the Department of Consumer
Affairs to provide information concerning the status of licensees on
the Internet, including a licensee's address of record. Existing law
requires the Board for Professional Engineers, Land Surveyors, and
Geologists to disclose information on its registrants and licensees.
This bill would eliminate the requirement that the Board for
Professional Engineers, Land Surveyors, and Geologists disclose any
information about its registrants and would modify the disclosure
information for its licensees to exclude the address of record.
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 27 of the Business and Professions Code is
amended to read:
27. (a) Each entity specified in subdivisions (c), (d), and (e)
shall provide on the Internet information regarding the status of
every license issued by that entity in accordance with the California
Public Records Act (Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 6250) of
Division 7 of Title 1 of the Government Code) and the Information
Practices Act of 1977 (Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 1798) of
Title 1.8 of Part 4 of Division 3 of the Civil Code). The public
information to be provided on the Internet shall include information
on suspensions and revocations of licenses issued by the entity and
other related enforcement action, including accusations filed
pursuant to the Administrative Procedure Act (Chapter 3.5 (commencing
with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the
Government Code) taken by the entity relative to persons, businesses,
or facilities subject to licensure or regulation by the entity. The
information may not include personal information, including home
telephone number, date of birth, or social security number. Each
entity shall disclose a licensee's address of record. However, each
entity shall allow a licensee to provide a post office box number or
other alternate address, instead of his or her home address, as the
address of record. This section shall not preclude an entity from
also requiring a licensee, who has provided a post office box number
or other alternative mailing address as his or her address of record,
to provide a physical business address or residence address only for
the entity's internal administrative use and not for disclosure as
the licensee's address of record or disclosure on the Internet.
(b) In providing information on the Internet, each entity
specified in subdivisions (c) and (d) shall comply with the
Department of Consumer Affairs Guidelines for Access to Public
Records.
(c) Each of the following entities within the Department of
Consumer Affairs shall comply with the requirements of this section:
(1) The Board for Professional Engineers, Land Surveyors, and
Geologists shall disclose information , excluding the address of
record, on its registrants and licensees.
(2) The Bureau of Automotive Repair shall disclose information on
its licensees, including auto repair dealers, smog stations, lamp and
brake stations, smog check technicians, and smog inspection
certification stations.
(3) The Bureau of Electronic and Appliance Repair, Home
Furnishings, and Thermal Insulation shall disclose information on its
licensees and registrants, including major appliance repair dealers,
combination dealers (electronic and appliance), electronic repair
dealers, service contract sellers, and service contract
administrators.
(4) The Cemetery and Funeral Bureau shall disclose information on
its licensees, including cemetery brokers, cemetery salespersons,
cemetery managers, crematory managers, cemetery authorities,
crematories, cremated remains disposers, embalmers, funeral
establishments, and funeral directors.
(5) The Professional Fiduciaries Bureau shall disclose information
on its licensees.
(6) The Contractors' State License Board shall disclose
information on its licensees and registrants in accordance with
Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 7000) of Division 3. In addition
to information related to licenses as specified in subdivision (a),
the board shall also disclose information provided to the board by
the Labor Commissioner pursuant to Section 98.9 of the Labor Code.
(7) The Bureau for Private Postsecondary Education shall disclose
information on private postsecondary institutions under its
jurisdiction, including disclosure of notices to comply issued
pursuant to Section 94935 of the Education Code.
(8) The California Board of Accountancy shall disclose information
on its licensees and registrants.
(9) The California Architects Board shall disclose information on
its licensees, including architects and landscape architects.
(10) The State Athletic Commission shall disclose information on
its licensees and registrants.
(11) The State Board of Barbering and Cosmetology shall disclose
information on its licensees.
(12) The State Board of Guide Dogs for the Blind shall disclose
information on its licensees and registrants.
(13) The Acupuncture Board shall disclose information on its
licensees.
(14) The Board of Behavioral Sciences shall disclose information
on its licensees, including marriage and family therapists, licensed
clinical social workers, licensed educational psychologists, and
licensed professional clinical counselors.
(15) The Dental Board of California shall disclose information on
its licensees.
(16) The State Board of Optometry shall disclose information
regarding certificates of registration to practice optometry,
statements of licensure, optometric corporation registrations, branch
office licenses, and fictitious name permits of its licensees.
(17) The Board of Psychology shall disclose information on its
licensees, including psychologists, psychological assistants, and
registered psychologists.
(d) The State Board of Chiropractic Examiners shall disclose
information on its licensees.
(e) The Structural Pest Control Board shall disclose information
on its licensees, including applicators, field representatives, and
operators in the areas of fumigation, general pest and wood
destroying pests and organisms, and wood roof cleaning and treatment.
(f) "Internet" for the purposes of this section has the meaning
set forth in paragraph (6) of subdivision (f) of Section 17538.
