Assembly Bill | No. 508 |
Introduced by Assembly Member Santiago |
February 13, 2017 |
(a)(1)A board may cite and fine a currently licensed health care practitioner if he or she is in default on a United States Department of Health and Human Services education loan, including a Health Education Assistance Loan.
(2)Each board that issues citations and imposes fines shall retain the money from these fines for deposit into its appropriate fund.
(b)The
board may deny a license to an applicant to be a health care practitioner or deny renewal of a license if he or she is in default on a United States Department of Health and Human Services education loan, including a Health Education Assistance Loan, until the default is cleared or until the applicant or licensee has made satisfactory repayment arrangements.
(c)In determining whether to issue a citation and the amount of the fine to a health care practitioner or to deny a license to an applicant to be a health care practitioner or to deny the renewal of a license, a board shall take into consideration the following:
(1)The population served by the health care practitioner.
(2)The health care practitioner’s economic status.
(d)For purposes of this
section, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
(1)“Board” means a licensing board or agency having jurisdiction of a licensee, but does not include the Board of Chiropractic Examiners.
(2)“Health care practitioner” means a person licensed or certified pursuant to this division or licensed pursuant to the Osteopathic Initiative Act.
(e)This section shall become operative on July 1, 2003.