AB 2178: Physicians and surgeons: special faculty permits: academic medical center.
- Session Year: 2021-2022
- House: Assembly
- Latest Version Date: 2022-09-15
Existing law, the Medical Practice Act, generally prohibits the practice of medicine without a physicians and surgeons certificate issued by the Medical Board of California. The Medical Practice Act authorizes a person who meets certain eligibility requirements to apply to the board for a special faculty permit, which authorizes the holder to practice medicine without a physicians and surgeons certificate only within the medical school itself, any affiliated institution of the medical school, or an academic medical center and any affiliated institution in which the permitholder is providing instruction as part of the medical schools or academic medical centers educational program and for which the medical school or academic medical center has assumed direct responsibility. Existing law defines academic medical center for these purposes as a facility that meets certain requirements, including training a minimum of 250 residents and postdoctoral fellows annually, having foreign medical graduates in clinical research, and offering clinical observership training.
This bill would revise the definition of academic medical center by instead requiring the facility to train a minimum of 250 resident physicians in specified residencies, by removing the requirement that the research of the foreign medical graduates be clinical, and by requiring the facility to instead offer clinical observer experiences.
Existing law, the Medical Practice Act, generally prohibits the practice of medicine without a physicians and surgeons certificate issued by the Medical Board of California. The Medical Practice Act authorizes a person who meets certain eligibility requirements to apply to the board for a special faculty permit, which authorizes the holder to practice medicine without a physicians and surgeons certificate only within the medical school itself, any affiliated institution of the medical school, or an academic medical center and any affiliated institution in which the permitholder is providing instruction as part of the medical schools or academic medical centers educational program and for which the medical school or academic medical center has assumed direct responsibility. Existing law defines academic medical center for these purposes as a facility that meets certain requirements, including training a minimum of 250 residents and postdoctoral fellows annually, having foreign medical graduates in clinical research, and offering clinical observership training.
This bill would revise the definition of academic medical center by instead requiring the facility to train a minimum of 250 resident physicians in specified residencies, by removing the requirement that the research of the foreign medical graduates be clinical, and by requiring the facility to instead offer clinical observer experiences.
Existing law, the Medical Practice Act, generally prohibits the practice of medicine without a physicians and surgeons certificate issued by the Medical Board of California. The Medical Practice Act authorizes a person who meets certain eligibility requirements to apply to the board for a special faculty permit, which authorizes the holder to practice medicine without a physicians and surgeons certificate only within the medical school itself, any affiliated institution of the medical school, or an academic medical center and any affiliated institution in which the permitholder is providing instruction as part of the medical schools or academic medical centers educational program and for which the medical school or academic medical center has assumed direct responsibility. Existing law defines academic medical center for these purposes as a facility that meets certain requirements, including training a minimum of 250 residents and postdoctoral fellows annually, having foreign medical graduates in clinical research, and offering clinical observership training.
This bill would revise the definition of academic medical center by removing the requirement that the fellows trained by the facility be postdoctoral, instead requiring the facility to train a minimum of 250 resident physicians in specified residencies, by removing the requirement that the research of the foreign medical graduates be clinical, and by requiring the facility to instead offer clinical observer experiences.
Existing law, the Medical Practice Act, generally prohibits the practice of medicine without a physicians and surgeons certificate issued by the Medical Board of California. The Medical Practice Act authorizes a person who meets certain eligibility requirements to apply to the board for a special faculty permit, which authorizes the holder to practice medicine without a physicians and surgeons certificate only within the medical school itself, any affiliated institution of the medical school, or an academic medical center and any affiliated institution in which the permitholder is providing instruction as part of the medical schools or academic medical centers educational program and for which the medical school or academic medical center has assumed direct responsibility. Existing law defines academic medical center for these purposes as a facility that meets certain requirements, including training a minimum of 250 residents and postdoctoral fellows annually, having foreign medical graduates in clinical research, and offering clinical observership training.
This bill would revise the definition of academic medical center by removing the requirement that the fellows trained by the facility be postdoctoral, by removing the requirement that the research of the foreign medical graduates be clinical, and by requiring the facility to instead offer clinical observer experiences.
(a)(1)A special faculty permit authorizes the holder to practice medicine only within the medical school itself, any affiliated institution of the medical school, or an academic medical center and any affiliated institution in which the permitholder is providing instruction as part of the medical schools or academic medical centers educational program and for which the medical school or academic medical center has assumed direct responsibility. The holder of a special faculty permit shall not engage in the practice of medicine except as provided above.
(2)For the purposes of this section, the term academic medical center is defined as meeting all of the following requirements:
(A)A facility licensed by the State of California.
(B)The facility conducts both internal and external peer review of the faculty for the purpose of conferral of academic appointments on an ongoing basis.
(C)The facility conducts clinical and basic research for the purpose of advancing patient care.
(D)The facility trains a minimum of 250 resident physicians in Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education accredited residencies on an annual basis commencing each January 1.
(E)The facility has more than 100 research students or postdoctoral researchers annually.
(F)The facility has foreign medical graduates in research.
(G)The facility offers clinical observer experiences.
(H)The facility is accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges and the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education.
(b)Time spent in a faculty position under a special faculty permit shall not be counted toward the postgraduate training required for licensure and shall not qualify the holder of the permit for waiver of any written examination required for licensure.
(c)The medical school or academic medical center shall not appoint the holder of a special faculty permit to a position as a division chief or head of a department without express written authorization from the board.
(a)(1)A special faculty permit authorizes the holder to practice medicine only within the medical school itself, any affiliated institution of the medical school, or an academic medical center and any affiliated institution in which the permitholder is providing instruction as part of the medical schools or academic medical centers educational program and for which the medical school or academic medical center has assumed direct responsibility. The holder of a special faculty permit shall not engage in the practice of medicine except as provided above.
(2)For the purposes of this section, the term academic medical center is defined as meeting all of the following requirements:
(A)A facility licensed by the State of California.
(B)The facility conducts both internal and external peer review of the faculty for the purpose of conferral of academic appointments on an ongoing basis.
(C)The facility conducts clinical and basic research for the purpose of advancing patient care.
(D)The facility trains a minimum of 250 resident physicians in Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education accredited residencies on an annual basis commencing each January 1.
(E)The facility has more than 100 research students or postdoctoral researchers annually.
(F)The facility has foreign medical graduates in research.
(G)The facility offers clinical observer experiences.
(H)The facility is accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges and the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education.
(b)Time spent in a faculty position under a special faculty permit shall not be counted toward the postgraduate training required for licensure and shall not qualify the holder of the permit for waiver of any written examination required for licensure.
(c)The medical school or academic medical center shall not appoint the holder of a special faculty permit to a position as a division chief or head of a department without express written authorization from the board.
(a)(1)A special faculty permit authorizes the holder to practice medicine only within the medical school itself, any affiliated institution of the medical school, or an academic medical center and any affiliated institution in which the permitholder is providing instruction as part of the medical schools or academic medical centers educational program and for which the medical school or academic medical center has assumed direct responsibility. The holder of a special faculty permit shall not engage in the practice of medicine except as provided above.
(2)For the purposes of this section, the term academic medical center is defined as being meeting all of the following: following requirements:
(A)A facility licensed by the State of California.
(B)The facility conducts both internal and external peer review of the faculty for the purpose of conferral of academic appointments on an ongoing basis.
(C)The facility conducts clinical and basic research for the purpose of advancing patient care.
(D)The facility trains a minimum of 250 residents and fellows resident physicians in Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education accredited residencies on an annual basis commencing each January 1.
(E)The facility has more than 100 research students or postdoctoral researchers annually.
(F)The facility has foreign medical graduates in research.
(G)The facility offers clinical observer experiences.
(H)The facility is accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges and the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education.
(b)Time spent in a faculty position under a special faculty permit shall not be counted toward the postgraduate training required for licensure and shall not qualify the holder of the permit for waiver of any written examination required for licensure.
(c)The medical school or academic medical center shall not appoint the holder of a special faculty permit to a position as a division chief or head of a department without express written authorization from the board.
(a)(1)A special faculty permit authorizes the holder to practice medicine only within the medical school itself, any affiliated institution of the medical school, or an academic medical center and any affiliated institution in which the permitholder is providing instruction as part of the medical schools or academic medical centers educational program and for which the medical school or academic medical center has assumed direct responsibility. The holder of a special faculty permit shall not engage in the practice of medicine except as provided above.
(2)For the purposes of this section, the term academic medical center is defined as being all of the following:
(A)A facility licensed by the State of California.
(B)The facility conducts both internal and external peer review of the faculty for the purpose of conferral of academic appointments on an ongoing basis.
(C)The facility conducts clinical and basic research for the purpose of advancing patient care.
(D)The facility trains a minimum of 250 residents and postdoctoral fellows on an annual basis commencing each January 1.
(E)The facility meets all of the following requirements:(i)(E)The facility has more than 100 research students or postdoctoral researchers annually.
(ii)(F)The facility has foreign medical graduates in clinical research.
(iii)(G)The facility offers clinical observership training. observer experiences.
(iv)(H)The facility is accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges and the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education.
(b)Time spent in a faculty position under a special faculty permit shall not be counted toward the postgraduate training required for licensure and shall not qualify the holder of the permit for waiver of any written examination required for licensure.
(c)The medical school or academic medical center shall not appoint the holder of a special faculty permit to a position as a division chief or head of a department without express written authorization from the board.
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| Sep 15, 2022 | Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 329, Statutes of 2022. |
| Sep 15, 2022 | Approved by the Governor. |
| Sep 6, 2022 | Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m. |
| Aug 25, 2022 | Assembly Rule 77(a) suspended. |
| Aug 25, 2022 | Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 5121.). |
| Aug 2, 2022 | Read second time. Ordered to third reading. |
| Aug 1, 2022 | From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. |
| Jun 20, 2022 | From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (June 20). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. |
| Jun 14, 2022 | 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. |
| Jun 9, 2022 | In committee: Hearing postponed by committee. |
| Jun 6, 2022 | In committee: Hearing postponed by committee. |
| May 25, 2022 | Referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. |
| May 12, 2022 | In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. |
| May 12, 2022 | Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 65. Noes 0. Page 4658.) |
| May 5, 2022 | Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. |
| May 4, 2022 | From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (May 4). |
| Mar 29, 2022 | From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (March 29). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. |
| Feb 24, 2022 | Referred to Com. on B. & P. |
| Feb 16, 2022 | From printer. May be heard in committee March 18. |
| Feb 15, 2022 | Read first time. To print. |
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| Aug 25, 2022 | AB 2178 Bloom Concurrence in Senate Amendments | Assembly Floor |
Passed |
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| Aug 25, 2022 | Assembly 3rd Reading AB2178 Bloom By Allen | Senate Floor |
Passed |
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| May 12, 2022 | AB 2178 Bloom Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session | Assembly Floor |
Passed |
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