Bill Text: CA AB758 | 2015-2016 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Acupuncture: education and training programs.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: (Failed) 2016-02-01 - From committee: Filed with the Chief Clerk pursuant to Joint Rule 56. [AB758 Detail]
Download: California-2015-AB758-Introduced.html
BILL NUMBER: AB 758 INTRODUCED
BILL TEXT
INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Chau
FEBRUARY 25, 2015
An act to amend Section 4927.5 of, and to add Section 4939.5 to,
the Business and Professions Code, relating to healing arts.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 758, as introduced, Chau. Acupuncture: education and training
programs.
The Acupuncture Licensure Act provides for the licensure and
regulation of the practice of acupuncture by the Acupuncture Board
within the Department of Consumer Affairs. The act, until January 1,
2017, requires the board to establish standards for the approval of
schools and colleges offering education and training in the practice
of an acupuncturist, as specified. The act, commencing January 1,
2017, defines an "approved educational and training program," for
purposes of licensure as an acupuncturist, as a school or college
that: offers curriculum that has been submitted to and approved by
the board and includes specified hours of didactic and laboratory
training and supervised clinical instruction; is approved by the
Bureau for Private Postsecondary Education or is the appropriate
out-of-state governmental educational authority; and is accredited or
granted candidacy status by the Accreditation Commission for
Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine (ACAOM), or has submitted a letter
of intent to pursue accreditation to the ACAOM, as specified. The
act, commencing January 1, 2017, requires the board, within 30 days
of receiving curriculum submitted by a school or college pursuant to
these provisions, to review the curriculum, determine whether the
curriculum satisfies the board's requirements, and notify the school
or college, the ACAOM, and the bureau of whether the board has
approved the curriculum.
This bill would include another accreditation agency recognized by
the United States Department of Education as an alternative to the
ACAOM in the above provisions. The bill would require the board to
conduct site visits to each site of a school or college of
acupuncture to inspect or reinspect the school or college for
purposes of approval or continued approval of its training program,
and to impose a fee for the site visits in an amount to recover
direct reasonable regulatory costs incurred by the board in
conducting the inspection and evaluation of the school or college.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Section 4927.5 of the Business and Professions Code, as
added by Section 2 of Chapter 397 of the Statutes of 2014, is
amended to read:
4927.5. (a) For purposes of this chapter, "approved educational
and training program" means a school or college offering education
and training in the practice of an acupuncturist that meets all of
the following requirements:
(1) Offers curriculum that includes at least 3,000 hours of which
at least 2,050 hours are didactic and laboratory training, and at
least 950 hours are supervised clinical instruction. Has submitted
that curriculum to the board, and has received board approval of the
curriculum.
(2) Has received full institutional approval under Article 6
(commencing with Section 94885) of Chapter 8 of Part 59 of Division
10 of Title 3 of the Education Code in the field of traditional Asian
medicine, or in the case of institutions located outside of this
state, approval by the appropriate governmental educational authority
using standards equivalent to those of Article 6 (commencing with
Section 94885) of Chapter 8 of Part 59 of Division 10 of Title 3 of
the Education Code.
(3) Meets any of the following:
(A) Is accredited by the Accreditation Commission for Acupuncture
and Oriental Medicine. Medicine or another
accreditation agency recognized by the United States Department of
Education.
(B) Has been granted candidacy status by the Accreditation
Commission for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine.
or another accreditation agency recognized by the United States
Department of Education.
(C) Has submitted a letter of intent to pursue accreditation to
the Accreditation Commission for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine
or another accreditation agency recognized by the United States
Department of Education within 30 days of receiving full
institutional approval pursuant to paragraph (2), and is granted
candidacy status within three years of the date that letter was
submitted.
(b) Within 30 days after receiving curriculum pursuant to
paragraph (1), the board shall review the curriculum, determine
whether the curriculum satisfies the requirements established by the
board, and notify the school or college, the Accreditation Commission
for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine, any other accreditation
agency recognized by the United States Department of Education,
and Bureau of Private and Postsecondary Education of whether the
board has approved the curriculum.
(c) This section shall become operative on January 1, 2017.
SEC. 2. Section 4939.5 is added to the Business and Professions
Code, to read:
4939.5. (a) The board shall conduct site visits to each site of a
school or college of acupuncture to inspect or reinspect the school
or college for purposes of approval or continued approval of its
training program.
(b) The board shall impose a fee for the site visits in an amount
to recover direct reasonable regulatory costs incurred by the board
in conducting the inspection and evaluation of the school or college.
