Bill Text: CA AB613 | 2019-2020 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Dentists: clinical laboratories: license examinations.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2020-06-29 - From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. [AB613 Detail]
Download: California-2019-AB613-Amended.html
Amended
IN
Senate
June 29, 2020 |
Introduced by Assembly Member Low |
February 14, 2019 |
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
Exiting law establishes the Department of Consumer Affairs, which is comprised of boards that are established for the purpose of regulating various professions and vocations, and generally authorizes a board to charge fees for the reasonable regulatory cost of administering the regulatory program for the profession or vocation. Existing law establishes the Professions and Vocations Fund in the State Treasury, which consists of specified special funds and accounts, some of which are continuously appropriated.
This bill would authorize each board within the department to increase every 4 years any fee authorized to be imposed by that board by an amount not to exceed the increase in the California Consumer Price Index for the preceding 4 years, subject to specified conditions. The bill would require the Director of Consumer Affairs to approve any
fee increase proposed by a board except under specified circumstances. By authorizing an increase in the amount of fees deposited into a continuously appropriated fund, this bill would make an appropriation.
Digest Key
Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation:Bill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1.
Section 1209 of the Business and Professions Code is amended to read:1209.
(a) As used in this chapter, “laboratory director” means any person who is any of the following:SEC. 2.
Section 1632 of the Business and Professions Code is amended to read:1632.
(a) The board shall require each applicant to successfully complete the written examination of the National Board Dental Examination of the Joint Commission on National Dental Examinations.SEC. 3.
Section 1632 is added to the Business and Professions Code, to read:1632.
(a) The board shall require each applicant to successfully complete the written examination of the National Board Dental Examination of the Joint Commission on National Dental Examinations.SEC. 4.
Section 1632.55 of the Business and Professions Code is amended to read:1632.55.
(a) Prior to implementation of subparagraph (B) of paragraph (2) of subdivision (c) of Section 1632, the department’s Office of Professional Examination Services shall review the American Board of Dental Examiners, Inc. examination to ensure compliance with the requirements of Section 139 and to certify that the examination process meets those standards, and deliver this review to the Dental Board of California. If the department determines that the examination process fails to meet those standards, does not deliver the review to the Dental Board of California, or if the American Board of Dental Examiners, Inc. fails to pay the costs and expenses the board incurs, as described in subdivision (d), subparagraph (B) of paragraph (2) of subdivision (c) of Section 1632 shall not be implemented.(e)The American Board of Dental Examiners, Inc. examination may only be accepted for licensure by a candidate after it is determined that the examination has met the requirements of this section. Examinations taken prior to that date may not be used for licensure.
SEC. 5.
Section 1632.56 is added to the Business and Professions Code, immediately following Section 1632.55, to read:1632.56.
(a) Notwithstanding Section 1630, an applicant receiving a passing score on an American Board of Dental Examiners, Inc. examination or an examination administered by the Western Regional Examining Board from January 1, 2015, to December 31, 2019, inclusive, shall satisfy the requirement of a passing score pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 1632 for a license to practice dentistry in this state.(a)Notwithstanding any other law, no more than once every four years, any board listed in Section 101 may increase any fee authorized to be imposed by that board by an amount not to exceed the increase in the California Consumer Price Index, as determined pursuant to Section 2212 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, for the preceding four years in accordance with the following:
(1)The board shall provide its calculations and proposed fee, rounded to the nearest whole dollar, to the director and the director shall approve the fee increase unless any of the following apply:
(A)The board has unencumbered funds in an amount that is equal to more than the board’s operating budget for
the next two fiscal years.
(B)The fee would exceed the reasonable regulatory costs to the board in administering the provisions for which the fee is authorized.
(C)The director determines that the fee increase would be injurious to the public health, safety, or welfare.
(2)The adjustment of fees and publication of the adjusted fee list is not subject 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.
(b)For purposes of this section, “fee” includes any fees authorized to be imposed by a board for regulatory costs. “Fee” does not include administrative fines, civil penalties, or criminal penalties.