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CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2023–2024 REGULAR SESSION

93

CHAPTER 369

Statutes of 2024

[ Approved by Governor September 22, 2024. Filed with Secretary of State September 22, 2024. ]

Introduced by Assembly Member Bonta

January 30, 2024

An act to add Section 850.2 to the Business and Professions Code, relating to healing arts.

Vote: majority   Appropriation: no   Fiscal committee: yes   Local program: no

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

Existing law provides for the licensure and regulation of various healing arts professions and vocations by boards established within the Department of Consumer Affairs, and establishes the standards for licensure or certification of health professionals. Existing law makes certain violations of specified provisions relating to healing arts by a licensee or registrant a crime.

This bill would require a healing arts board, as defined, to require a licensee or registrant who electronically renews their license or registration to provide to that board the licensee’s or registrant’s individual National Provider Identifier, if they have one. The bill would provide that a violation of the bill’s requirements is not a crime.

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION 1.

Section 850.2 is added to the Business and Professions Code, immediately following Section 850.1, to read:

850.2.

(a) For purposes of this section, “healing arts board” means any board, division, or examining committee in the Department of Consumer Affairs that licenses or certifies health professionals.

(b) A healing arts board shall require a licensee or registrant who electronically renews their license or registration to provide to that board the licensee’s or registrant’s individual National Provider Identifier, if they have one.

(c) A violation of this section shall not constitute a crime.