Bill Text: CA AB333 | 2015-2016 | Regular Session | Chaptered
Bill Title: Healing arts: continuing education.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2015-09-30 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 360, Statutes of 2015. [AB333 Detail]
Download: California-2015-AB333-Chaptered.html
BILL NUMBER: AB 333 CHAPTERED
BILL TEXT
CHAPTER 360
FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE SEPTEMBER 30, 2015
APPROVED BY GOVERNOR SEPTEMBER 30, 2015
PASSED THE SENATE AUGUST 31, 2015
PASSED THE ASSEMBLY SEPTEMBER 1, 2015
AMENDED IN SENATE JUNE 24, 2015
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY APRIL 30, 2015
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY MARCH 26, 2015
INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Melendez
FEBRUARY 13, 2015
An act to add Section 856 to the Business and Professions Code,
relating to healing arts.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 333, Melendez. Healing arts: continuing education.
Existing law provides for the licensure and regulation of various
healing arts licensees by various boards, as defined, within the
Department of Consumer Affairs and imposes various continuing
education requirements for license renewal.
This bill would allow specified healing arts licensees to apply
one unit, as defined, of continuing education credit, once per
renewal cycle, towards any required continuing education units for
attending certain courses that result in the licensee becoming a
certified instructor of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) or the
proper use of an automated external defibrillator (AED), and would
allow specified healing arts licensees to apply up to 2 units of
continuing education credit, once per renewal cycle, towards any
required continuing education units for conducting CPR or AED
training sessions for employees of school districts and community
college districts in the state. The bill would specify that these
provisions would only apply if a licensing board's laws or
regulations establishing continuing education requirements include
the courses or activities mentioned above.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Section 856 is added to the Business and Professions
Code, to read:
856. (a) (1) A person licensed pursuant to this division who is
required to complete continuing education units as a condition of
renewing his or her license may, once per renewal cycle, apply one
unit of continuing education credit, pursuant to paragraph (2),
towards that requirement for attending a course that results in the
licensee becoming a certified instructor of cardiopulmonary
resuscitation (CPR) or the proper use of an automated external
defibrillator (AED).
(2) A licensee may only apply continuing education credit for
attending one of the following courses:
(A) An instructional program developed by the American Heart
Association.
(B) An instructional program developed by the American Red Cross.
(C) An instructional program that is nationally recognized and
based on the most current national evidence-based emergency
cardiovascular care guidelines for the performance of CPR and the use
of an AED.
(b) A person licensed pursuant to this division who is required to
complete continuing education units as a condition of renewing his
or her license may, once per renewal cycle, apply up to two units of
continuing education credit towards that requirement for conducting
CPR or AED training sessions for employees of school districts and
community college districts in the state.
(c) For purposes of this section, "unit" means any measurement for
continuing education, such as hours or course credits.
(d) This section shall only apply to a person licensed under this
division if the applicable licensing board's laws or regulations
establishing continuing education requirements include the courses or
activities described in subdivisions (a) and (b).
