Bill Text: CA AB2544 | 2019-2020 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Fluoroscopy: temporary permit.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-03-12 - Referred to Coms. on HEALTH and B. & P. [AB2544 Detail]
Download: California-2019-AB2544-Introduced.html
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE—
2019–2020 REGULAR SESSION
Assembly Bill
No. 2544
| Introduced by Assembly Member Santiago |
February 19, 2020 |
An act to amend Section 107110 of the Health and Safety Code, relating to public health.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 2544, as introduced, Santiago.
Fluoroscopy: temporary permit.
The Radiologic Technology Act makes it unlawful for any licentiate of the healing arts to administer or use diagnostic, mammographic, or therapeutic X-ray on human beings in this state, unless that person is certified by the State Department of Public Health and acting within the scope of that certification. The act requires the department to prescribe minimum qualifications for granting a fluoroscopy permit and continuing education requirements for the holders of that permit. A person who violates a provision of the Radiologic Technology Act or regulation of the department adopted pursuant to that act is guilty of a misdemeanor.
This bill would, notwithstanding the above-described requirements, authorize the department to issue a nonrenewable, temporary 9-month fluoroscopy permit to a licensed physician and surgeon or a licensed doctor of
podiatric medicine who has submitted an application and is awaiting examination for a fluoroscopy certificate. The bill would require the application to indicate the location or facility where the licensed physician and surgeon or the licensed doctor of podiatric medicine will be providing fluoroscopy under the temporary permit.
Digest Key
Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: NOBill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1.
Section 107110 of the Health and Safety Code is amended to read:107110.
(a) It shall be unlawful for any licentiate of the healing arts to administer or use diagnostic, mammographic, or therapeutic X-ray on human beings in this state after January 1, 1972, unless that person is certified pursuant to subdivision (e) of Section 114870, Section 114872, or Section 114885, and is acting within the scope of that certification.(b) (1) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), the department may issue a physician and surgeon or a doctor
of podiatric medicine a temporary permit authorizing them to provide fluoroscopy, if the physician and surgeon or the doctor of podiatric medicine holds a valid California license as a physician and surgeon or a doctor of podiatric medicine, has submitted an application for a fluoroscopy certificate, and is awaiting examination for a fluoroscopy certificate. The application shall indicate the location or facility where the physician and surgeon or the doctor of podiatric medicine will be providing fluoroscopy.
(2) A temporary permit issued pursuant to paragraph (1) shall convey the same rights as a fluoroscopy certificate for the period for which it is issued in the classification for which the physician and surgeon or the doctor of podiatric medicine is eligible and shall be valid for up to nine months from the date of issue. The
department shall not renew a temporary permit.
