SB 1434: State Board of Chiropractic Examiners.
- Session Year: 2021-2022
- House: Senate
- Latest Version Date: 2022-09-27
Existing law, the Chiropractic Act, enacted by an initiative measure, provides for the licensure and regulation of chiropractors in this state by the State Board of Chiropractic Examiners. Existing law requires that the powers and duties of the board, as provided, be subject to review by the appropriate policy committees of the Legislature as if that act were scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2023.
This bill would instead require that the powers and duties of the board, as provided, be subject to review by the appropriate policy committees of the Legislature as if that act were scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2027.
Existing law requires the board to annually compile a complete directory of all licensees within the state that contains, among other things, the names and addresses of licensees, and requires a licensee to report immediately any change in residence, as specified.
This bill would require the directory to additionally include the telephone numbers and emails of licensees, and would require a licensee to report immediately any change in residence or contact information, as specified.
Existing law requires the board to submit a report to the appropriate policy and fiscal committees of the Legislature that contains, but is not limited to, the status of the boards fee audit and an update on the boards plans for restructuring its license fees, among other things, by July 1, 2018.
This bill would instead require the board to submit a report to the appropriate policy and fiscal committees of the Legislature that contains, but is not limited to, an update on the status of the boards license fee structure and whether the board needs to consider plans for restructuring its license fees by January 1, 2027.
Existing law establishes a schedule of regulatory fees necessary to carry out the responsibilities required by the Chiropractic Initiative Act, including, among others, application and renewal fees for licensure, fees to apply for approval for a continuing education course, and satellite office certificate fees. Existing law authorizes the Legislature to fix the amounts of the fees payable by applicants and licensees, and directs the deposit of these fees into the State Board of Chiropractic Examiners Fund, a continuously appropriated fund.
This bill would change the amount of those fees, as provided. By increasing specified fees for deposit into a continuously appropriated fund, the bill would make an appropriation.
Existing law requires the board to require a licensee to provide a separate disclosure to a patient, patients guardian, or patients health care surrogate that includes specified information on the licensees probationary status, subject to certain exemptions.
This bill would remove specified exemptions from the requirement on licensees to provide the above-described separate disclosure.
Existing law, the Chiropractic Act, enacted by an initiative measure, provides for the licensure and regulation of chiropractors in this state by the State Board of Chiropractic Examiners. Existing law requires that the powers and duties of the board, as provided, be subject to review by the appropriate policy committees of the Legislature as if that act were scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2023.
This bill would instead require that the powers and duties of the board, as provided, be subject to review by the appropriate policy committees of the Legislature as if that act were scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2027.
Existing law requires the board to annually compile a complete directory of all licensees within the state that contains, among other things, the names and addresses of licensees, and requires a licensee to report immediately any change in residence, as specified.
This bill would require the directory to additionally include the telephone numbers and emails of licensees, and would require a licensee to report immediately any change in residence or contact information, as specified.
Existing law requires the board to submit a report to the appropriate policy and fiscal committees of the Legislature that contains, but is not limited to, the status of the boards fee audit and an update on the boards plans for restructuring its license fees, among other things, by July 1, 2018.
This bill would instead require the board to submit a report to the appropriate policy and fiscal committees of the Legislature that contains, but is not limited to, an update on the status of the boards license fee structure and whether the board needs to consider plans for restructuring its license fees by January 1, 2027.
Existing law establishes a schedule of regulatory fees necessary to carry out the responsibilities required by the Chiropractic Initiative Act, including, among others, application and renewal fees for licensure, fees to apply for approval for a continuing education course, and satellite office certificate fees. Existing law authorizes the Legislature to fix the amounts of the fees payable by applicants and licensees, and directs the deposit of these fees into the State Board of Chiropractic Examiners Fund, a continuously appropriated fund.
This bill would change the amount of those fees, as provided. By increasing specified fees for deposit into a continuously appropriated fund, the bill would make an appropriation.
Existing law requires the board to require a licensee to provide a separate disclosure to a patient, patients guardian, or patients health care surrogate that includes specified information on the licensees probationary status, subject to certain exemptions.
This bill would remove specified exemptions from the requirement on licensees to provide the above-described separate disclosure.
Existing law, the Chiropractic Act, enacted by an initiative measure, provides for the licensure and regulation of chiropractors in this state by the State Board of Chiropractic Examiners. Existing law requires that the powers and duties of the board, as provided, be subject to review by the appropriate policy committees of the Legislature as if that act were scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2023.
This bill would instead require that the powers and duties of the board, as provided, be subject to review by the appropriate policy committees of the Legislature as if that act were scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2027.
Existing law requires the board to annually compile a complete directory of all licensees within the state that contains, among other things, the names and addresses of licensees, and requires a licensee to report immediately any change in residence, as specified.
This bill would require the directory to additionally include the telephone numbers and emails of licensees, and would require a licensee to report immediately any change in residence or contact information, as specified.
Existing law requires the board to submit a report to the appropriate policy and fiscal committees of the Legislature that contains, but is not limited to, the status of the boards fee audit and an update on the boards plans for restructuring its license fees, among other things, by July 1, 2018.
This bill would instead require the board to submit a report to the appropriate policy and fiscal committees of the Legislature that contains, but is not limited to, an update on the status of the boards license fee structure and whether the board needs to consider plans for restructuring its license fees by July 1, 2023. January 1, 2027.
Existing law establishes a schedule of regulatory fees necessary to carry out the responsibilities required by the Chiropractic Initiative Act, including, among others, application and renewal fees for licensure, fees to apply for approval for a continuing education course, and satellite office certificate fees. Existing law authorizes the Legislature to fix the amounts of the fees payable by applicants and licensees, and directs the deposit of these fees into the State Board of Chiropractic Examiners Fund, a continuously appropriated fund.
This bill would change the amount of those fees, as provided. By increasing specified fees for deposit into a continuously appropriated fund, the bill would make an appropriation.
Existing law requires the board to require a licensee to provide a separate disclosure to a patient, patients guardian, or patients health care surrogate that includes specified information on the licensees probationary status, subject to certain exemptions.
This bill would remove specified exemptions from the requirement on licensees to provide the above-described separate disclosure.
Existing law, the Chiropractic Act, enacted by an initiative measure, provides for the licensure and regulation of chiropractors in this state by the State Board of Chiropractic Examiners. Existing Existing law requires that the powers and duties of the board, as provided, be subject to review by the appropriate policy committees of the Legislature as if that act were scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2023.
This bill would instead require that the powers and duties of the board, as provided, be subject to review by the appropriate policy committees of the Legislature as if that act were scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2027.
Existing law requires the board to annually compile a complete directory of all licensees within the state that contains, among other things, the names and addresses of licensees, and requires a licensee to report immediately any change in residence, as specified.
This bill would require the directory to additionally include the telephone numbers and emails of licensees, and would require a licensee to report immediately any change in residence or contact information, as specified.
Existing law requires the board to submit a report to the appropriate policy and fiscal committees of the Legislature that contains, but is not limited to, the status of the boards fee audit and an update on the boards plans for restructuring its license fees, among other things, by July 1, 2018.
This bill would instead require the board to submit a report to the appropriate policy and fiscal committees of the Legislature that contains, but is not limited to, an update on the boards plans for restructuring its license fees by July 1, 2023.
Existing law requires the board to require a licensee to provide a separate disclosure to a patient, patients guardian, or patients health care surrogate that includes specified information on the licensees probationary status, subject to certain exemptions.
This bill would remove specified exemptions from the requirement on licensees to provide the above-described separate disclosure.
Existing law, the Chiropractic Act, enacted by an initiative measure, provides for the licensure and regulation of chiropractors in this state by the State Board of Chiropractic Examiners. Existing law requires the board to annually compile a complete directory of all licensees within the state that contains, among other things, the names and addresses of licensees, and requires a licensee to report immediately any change in residence, as specified.
This bill would require the directory to additionally include the telephone numbers and emails of licensees, and would require a licensee to report immediately any change in residence or contact information, as specified.
(a)The law governing practitioners of chiropractic is found in an initiative act entitled An act prescribing the terms upon which licenses may be issued to practitioners of chiropractic, creating the State Board of Chiropractic Examiners and declaring its powers and duties, prescribing penalties for violation hereof, and repealing all acts and parts of acts inconsistent herewith, adopted by the electors November 7, 1922.
(b)The State Board of Chiropractic Examiners is within the Department of Consumer Affairs.
(c)Notwithstanding any other law, the powers and duties of the State Board of Chiropractic Examiners, as set forth in this article and under the act creating the board, shall be subject to review by the appropriate policy committees of the Legislature. The review shall be performed as if this chapter were scheduled to be repealed as of January 1, 2027.
SEC. 2.Section 1001 of the Business and Professions Code is amended to read:1001.In each year, the State Board of Chiropractic Examiners shall compile and may thereafter publish and sell a complete directory of all persons within the state who hold unforfeited and unrevoked certificates to practice chiropractic, and whose certificate in any manner authorizes the treatment of human beings for diseases, injuries, deformities, or any other physical or mental conditions.
The directory shall contain:
(a)The following information concerning each such person:
(1)The name, address, telephone number, and email of such person.
(2)The names and symbols indicating their title.
(3)The school, attendance at which qualified them for examination or admission to practice.
(4)The date of the issuance of their certificate.
(b)The annual report of the board for the prior year.
(c)Information relating to other laws of this state and the United States which the board determines to be of interest to persons licensed to practice chiropractic.
(d)Copies of opinions of the Attorney General relating to the practice of chiropractic.
(e)A copy of the provisions of this chapter and a copy of the act cited in Section 1000.
The board may require the persons designated in this section to furnish such information as it may deem necessary to enable it to compile the directory. Every person so designated shall report immediately each and every change of residence or contact information, giving both their old and new address or contact information, as applicable.
The directory shall be evidence of the right of the persons named in it to practice unless their certificate to practice chiropractic has been canceled, suspended, or revoked. The board may collect from each person who voluntarily subscribes to or purchases a copy of the directory the cost of publication and distribution thereof, except that one copy of the directory shall be distributed without charge to each certificate holder of the board.
SEC. 3.Section 1006 of the Business and Professions Code is amended to read:1006.(a)By January 1, 2027, the State Board of Chiropractic Examiners shall submit a report to the appropriate policy and fiscal committees of the Legislature that contains, but is not limited to, an update on the status of the State Board of Chiropractic Examiners license fee structure and whether the board needs to consider plans for restructuring its license fees.
(b)The report to the Legislature under subdivision (a) shall be submitted in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code.
SEC. 4.Section 1006.5 of the Business and Professions Code is amended to read:1006.5.Notwithstanding any other law, the amount of regulatory fees necessary to carry out the responsibilities required by the Chiropractic Initiative Act and this chapter are, unless a lower fee is adopted by the board by regulation, fixed in the following schedule:
(a)Fee to apply for a license to practice chiropractic: three hundred forty-five dollars ($345).
(b)Fee for initial license to practice chiropractic: one hundred thirty-seven dollars ($137).
(c)The fee to renew an active or inactive license to practice chiropractic shall be three hundred thirty-six dollars ($336) and may be increased to not more than five hundred dollars ($500) and, if a lower fee is fixed by the board, shall be an amount sufficient to support the functions of the board in the administration of the Chiropractic Initiative Act and this chapter.
(d)Fee to apply for approval as a continuing education provider: two hundred ninety-one dollars ($291).
(e)Biennial continuing education provider renewal fee: one hundred eighteen dollars ($118).
(f)Fee to apply for approval of a continuing education course: one hundred sixteen dollars ($116) per hour of instruction.
(g)Fee to apply for a satellite office certificate: sixty-nine dollars ($69).
(h)Fee to renew a satellite office certificate: fifty dollars ($50).
(i)Fee to apply for a license to practice chiropractic pursuant to Section 9 of the Chiropractic Initiative Act: two hundred eighty-three dollars ($283).
(j)Fee to apply for a certificate of registration of a chiropractic corporation: one hundred seventy-one dollars ($171).
(k)Fee to renew a certificate of registration of a chiropractic corporation: sixty-two dollars ($62).
(l)Fee to file a chiropractic corporation special report: ninety-eight dollars ($98).
(m)Fee to apply for approval as a referral service: two hundred seventy-nine dollars ($279).
(n)Fee for an endorsed verification of licensure: eighty-three dollars ($83).
(o)Fee for replacement of a lost or destroyed license: seventy-one dollars ($71).
(p)Fee for replacement of a satellite office certificate: seventy-one dollars ($71).
(q)Fee for replacement of a certificate of registration of a chiropractic corporation: seventy dollars ($70).
(r)Fee to restore a forfeited or canceled license to practice chiropractic: double the annual renewal fee specified in subdivision (c).
(s)Fee to apply for approval to serve as a preceptor: seventy-two dollars ($72).
(t)Fee to petition for reinstatement of a revoked license: four thousand one hundred eighty-five dollars ($4,185).
(u)Fee to petition for early termination of probation: three thousand one hundred ninety-five dollars ($3,195).
(v)Fee to petition for reduction of penalty: three thousand one hundred ninety-five dollars ($3,195).
SEC. 5.Section 1007 of the Business and Professions Code is amended to read:1007.(a)Except as otherwise provided in subdivision (c), the board shall require a licensee to provide a separate disclosure that includes the licensees probation status, the length of the probation, the probation end date, all practice restrictions placed on the licensee by the board, the boards telephone number, and an explanation of how the patient can find further information on the licensees probation on the licensees profile page on the boards online license information internet website, to a patient or the patients guardian or health care surrogate before the patients first visit following the probationary order while the licensee is on probation pursuant to a probationary order.
(b)A licensee required to provide a disclosure pursuant to subdivision (a) shall obtain from the patient, or the patients guardian or health care surrogate, a separate, signed copy of that disclosure.
(c)A licensee shall not be required to provide a disclosure pursuant to subdivision (a) if any of the following applies:
(1)The patient is unconscious or otherwise unable to comprehend the disclosure and sign the copy of the disclosure pursuant to subdivision (b) and a guardian or health care surrogate is unavailable to comprehend the disclosure and sign the copy.
(2)The visit occurs in an emergency room.
(3)The licensee does not have a direct treatment relationship with the patient.
(d)The board shall provide the following information, with respect to licensees on probation and licensees practicing under probationary licenses, in plain view on the licensees profile page on the boards online license information internet website.
(1)For probation imposed pursuant to a stipulated settlement, the causes alleged in the operative accusation along with a designation identifying those causes by which the licensee has expressly admitted guilt and a statement that acceptance of the settlement is not an admission of guilt.
(2)For probation imposed by an adjudicated decision of the board, the causes for probation stated in the final probationary order.
(3)For a licensee granted a probationary license, the causes by which the probationary license was imposed.
(4)The length of the probation and end date.
(5)All practice restrictions placed on the license by the board.
(e)Board for purposes of this section means the State Board of Chiropractic Examiners.
(a)The law governing practitioners of chiropractic is found in an initiative act entitled An act prescribing the terms upon which licenses may be issued to practitioners of chiropractic, creating the State Board of Chiropractic Examiners and declaring its powers and duties, prescribing penalties for violation hereof, and repealing all acts and parts of acts inconsistent herewith, adopted by the electors November 7, 1922.
(b)The State Board of Chiropractic Examiners is within the Department of Consumer Affairs.
(c)Notwithstanding any other law, the powers and duties of the State Board of Chiropractic Examiners, as set forth in this article and under the act creating the board, shall be subject to review by the appropriate policy committees of the Legislature. The review shall be performed as if this chapter were scheduled to be repealed as of January 1, 2027.
SEC. 2.Section 1001 of the Business and Professions Code is amended to read:1001.In each year, the State Board of Chiropractic Examiners shall compile and may thereafter publish and sell a complete directory of all persons within the state who hold unforfeited and unrevoked certificates to practice chiropractic, and whose certificate in any manner authorizes the treatment of human beings for diseases, injuries, deformities, or any other physical or mental conditions.
The directory shall contain:
(a)The following information concerning each such person:
(1)The name, address, telephone number, and email of such person.
(2)The names and symbols indicating their title.
(3)The school, attendance at which qualified them for examination or admission to practice.
(4)The date of the issuance of their certificate.
(b)The annual report of the board for the prior year.
(c)Information relating to other laws of this state and the United States which the board determines to be of interest to persons licensed to practice chiropractic.
(d)Copies of opinions of the Attorney General relating to the practice of chiropractic.
(e)A copy of the provisions of this chapter and a copy of the act cited in Section 1000.
The board may require the persons designated in this section to furnish such information as it may deem necessary to enable it to compile the directory. Every person so designated shall report immediately each and every change of residence or contact information, giving both their old and new address or contact information, as applicable.
The directory shall be evidence of the right of the persons named in it to practice unless their certificate to practice chiropractic has been canceled, suspended, or revoked. The board may collect from each person who voluntarily subscribes to or purchases a copy of the directory the cost of publication and distribution thereof, except that one copy of the directory shall be distributed without charge to each certificate holder of the board.
SEC. 3.Section 1006 of the Business and Professions Code is amended to read:1006.(a)By January 1, 2027, the State Board of Chiropractic Examiners shall submit a report to the appropriate policy and fiscal committees of the Legislature that contains, but is not limited to, an update on the status of the State Board of Chiropractic Examiners license fee structure and whether the board needs to consider plans for restructuring its license fees.
(b)The report to the Legislature under subdivision (a) shall be submitted in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code.
SEC. 4.Section 1006.5 of the Business and Professions Code is amended to read:1006.5.Notwithstanding any other law, the amount of regulatory fees necessary to carry out the responsibilities required by the Chiropractic Initiative Act and this chapter are, unless a lower fee is adopted by the board by regulation, fixed in the following schedule:
(a)Fee to apply for a license to practice chiropractic: three hundred forty-five dollars ($345).
(b)Fee for initial license to practice chiropractic: one hundred thirty-seven dollars ($137).
(c)The fee to renew an active or inactive license to practice chiropractic shall be three hundred thirty-six dollars ($336) and may be increased to not more than five hundred dollars ($500) and, if a lower fee is fixed by the board, shall be an amount sufficient to support the functions of the board in the administration of the Chiropractic Initiative Act and this chapter.
(d)Fee to apply for approval as a continuing education provider: two hundred ninety-one dollars ($291).
(e)Biennial continuing education provider renewal fee: one hundred eighteen dollars ($118).
(f)Fee to apply for approval of a continuing education course: one hundred sixteen dollars ($116) per hour of instruction.
(g)Fee to apply for a satellite office certificate: sixty-nine dollars ($69).
(h)Fee to renew a satellite office certificate: fifty dollars ($50).
(i)Fee to apply for a license to practice chiropractic pursuant to Section 9 of the Chiropractic Initiative Act: two hundred eighty-three dollars ($283).
(j)Fee to apply for a certificate of registration of a chiropractic corporation: one hundred seventy-one dollars ($171).
(k)Fee to renew a certificate of registration of a chiropractic corporation: sixty-two dollars ($62).
(l)Fee to file a chiropractic corporation special report: ninety-eight dollars ($98).
(m)Fee to apply for approval as a referral service: two hundred seventy-nine dollars ($279).
(n)Fee for an endorsed verification of licensure: eighty-three dollars ($83).
(o)Fee for replacement of a lost or destroyed license: seventy-one dollars ($71).
(p)Fee for replacement of a satellite office certificate: seventy-one dollars ($71).
(q)Fee for replacement of a certificate of registration of a chiropractic corporation: seventy dollars ($70).
(r)Fee to restore a forfeited or canceled license to practice chiropractic: double the annual renewal fee specified in subdivision (c).
(s)Fee to apply for approval to serve as a preceptor: seventy-two dollars ($72).
(t)Fee to petition for reinstatement of a revoked license: four thousand one hundred eighty-five dollars ($4,185).
(u)Fee to petition for early termination of probation: three thousand one hundred ninety-five dollars ($3,195).
(v)Fee to petition for reduction of penalty: three thousand one hundred ninety-five dollars ($3,195).
SEC. 5.Section 1007 of the Business and Professions Code is amended to read:1007.(a)Except as otherwise provided in subdivision (c), the board shall require a licensee to provide a separate disclosure that includes the licensees probation status, the length of the probation, the probation end date, all practice restrictions placed on the licensee by the board, the boards telephone number, and an explanation of how the patient can find further information on the licensees probation on the licensees profile page on the boards online license information internet website, to a patient or the patients guardian or health care surrogate before the patients first visit following the probationary order while the licensee is on probation pursuant to a probationary order.
(b)A licensee required to provide a disclosure pursuant to subdivision (a) shall obtain from the patient, or the patients guardian or health care surrogate, a separate, signed copy of that disclosure.
(c)A licensee shall not be required to provide a disclosure pursuant to subdivision (a) if any of the following applies:
(1)The patient is unconscious or otherwise unable to comprehend the disclosure and sign the copy of the disclosure pursuant to subdivision (b) and a guardian or health care surrogate is unavailable to comprehend the disclosure and sign the copy.
(2)The visit occurs in an emergency room.
(3)The licensee does not have a direct treatment relationship with the patient.
(d)The board shall provide the following information, with respect to licensees on probation and licensees practicing under probationary licenses, in plain view on the licensees profile page on the boards online license information internet website.
(1)For probation imposed pursuant to a stipulated settlement, the causes alleged in the operative accusation along with a designation identifying those causes by which the licensee has expressly admitted guilt and a statement that acceptance of the settlement is not an admission of guilt.
(2)For probation imposed by an adjudicated decision of the board, the causes for probation stated in the final probationary order.
(3)For a licensee granted a probationary license, the causes by which the probationary license was imposed.
(4)The length of the probation and end date.
(5)All practice restrictions placed on the license by the board.
(e)Board for purposes of this section means the State Board of Chiropractic Examiners.
(a)The law governing practitioners of chiropractic is found in an initiative act entitled An act prescribing the terms upon which licenses may be issued to practitioners of chiropractic, creating the State Board of Chiropractic Examiners and declaring its powers and duties, prescribing penalties for violation hereof, and repealing all acts and parts of acts inconsistent herewith, adopted by the electors November 7, 1922.
(b)The State Board of Chiropractic Examiners is within the Department of Consumer Affairs.
(c)Notwithstanding any other law, the powers and duties of the State Board of Chiropractic Examiners, as set forth in this article and under the act creating the board, shall be subject to review by the appropriate policy committees of the Legislature. The review shall be performed as if this chapter were scheduled to be repealed as of January 1, 2027.
SEC. 2.Section 1001 of the Business and Professions Code is amended to read:1001.In each year, the State Board of Chiropractic Examiners shall compile and may thereafter publish and sell a complete directory of all persons within the state who hold unforfeited and unrevoked certificates to practice chiropractic, and whose certificate in any manner authorizes the treatment of human beings for diseases, injuries, deformities, or any other physical or mental conditions.
The directory shall contain:
(a)The following information concerning each such person:
(1)The name, address, telephone number, and email of such person.
(2)The names and symbols indicating their title.
(3)The school, attendance at which qualified them for examination or admission to practice.
(4)The date of the issuance of their certificate.
(b)The annual report of the board for the prior year.
(c)Information relating to other laws of this state and the United States which the board determines to be of interest to persons licensed to practice chiropractic.
(d)Copies of opinions of the Attorney General relating to the practice of chiropractic.
(e)A copy of the provisions of this chapter and a copy of the act cited in Section 1000.
The board may require the persons designated in this section to furnish such information as it may deem necessary to enable it to compile the directory. Every person so designated shall report immediately each and every change of residence or contact information, giving both their old and new address or contact information, as applicable.
The directory shall be evidence of the right of the persons named in it to practice unless their certificate to practice chiropractic has been canceled, suspended, or revoked. The board may collect from each person who voluntarily subscribes to or purchases a copy of the directory the cost of publication and distribution thereof, except that one copy of the directory shall be distributed without charge to each certificate holder of the board.
SEC. 3.Section 1006 of the Business and Professions Code is amended to read:1006.(a)By July 1, 2023, January 1, 2027, the State Board of Chiropractic Examiners shall submit a report to the appropriate policy and fiscal committees of the Legislature that contains, but is not limited to, an update on the status of the State Board of Chiropractic Examiners license fee structure and whether the board needs to consider plans for restructuring its license fees.
(b)The report to the Legislature under subdivision (a) shall be submitted in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code.
SEC. 4.Section 1006.5 of the Business and Professions Code is amended to read:1006.5.Notwithstanding any other law, the amount of regulatory fees necessary to carry out the responsibilities required by the Chiropractic Initiative Act and this chapter are are, unless a lower fee is adopted by the board by regulation, fixed in the following schedule:
(a)Fee to apply for a license to practice chiropractic: three hundred seventy-one dollars ($371). forty-five dollars ($345).
(b)Fee for initial license to practice chiropractic: one hundred eighty-six dollars ($186). thirty-seven dollars ($137).
(c)Fee The fee to renew an active or inactive license to practice chiropractic: chiropractic shall be three hundred thirteen dollars ($313). thirty-six dollars ($336) and may be increased to not more than five hundred dollars ($500) and, if a lower fee is fixed by the board, shall be an amount sufficient to support the functions of the board in the administration of the Chiropractic Initiative Act and this chapter.
(d)Fee to apply for approval as a continuing education provider: eighty-four dollars ($84). two hundred ninety-one dollars ($291).
(e)Biennial continuing education provider renewal fee: fifty-six dollars ($56). one hundred eighteen dollars ($118).
(f)Fee to apply for approval of a continuing education course: fifty-six dollars ($56) per course. one hundred sixteen dollars ($116) per hour of instruction.
(g)Fee to apply for a satellite office certificate: sixty-two dollars ($62). sixty-nine dollars ($69).
(h)Fee to renew a satellite office certificate: thirty-one dollars ($31). fifty dollars ($50).
(i)Fee to apply for a license to practice chiropractic pursuant to Section 9 of the Chiropractic Initiative Act: three hundred seventy-one dollars ($371). two hundred eighty-three dollars ($283).
(j)Fee to apply for a certificate of registration of a chiropractic corporation: one hundred eighty-six dollars ($186). seventy-one dollars ($171).
(k)Fee to renew a certificate of registration of a chiropractic corporation: thirty-one dollars ($31). sixty-two dollars ($62).
(l)Fee to file a chiropractic corporation special report: thirty-one dollars ($31). ninety-eight dollars ($98).
(m)Fee to apply for approval as a referral service: five hundred fifty-seven dollars ($557). two hundred seventy-nine dollars ($279).
(n)Fee for an endorsed verification of licensure: one hundred twenty-four dollars ($124). eighty-three dollars ($83).
(o)Fee for replacement of a lost or destroyed license: fifty dollars ($50). seventy-one dollars ($71).
(p)Fee for replacement of a satellite office certificate: fifty dollars ($50). seventy-one dollars ($71).
(q)Fee for replacement of a certificate of registration of a chiropractic corporation: fifty dollars ($50). seventy dollars ($70).
(r)Fee to restore a forfeited or canceled license to practice chiropractic: double the annual renewal fee specified in subdivision (c).
(s)Fee to apply for approval to serve as a preceptor: thirty-one dollars ($31). seventy-two dollars ($72).
(t)Fee to petition for reinstatement of a revoked license: three hundred seventy-one dollars ($371). four thousand one hundred eighty-five dollars ($4,185).
(u)Fee to petition for early termination of probation: three hundred seventy-one dollars ($371). three thousand one hundred ninety-five dollars ($3,195).
(v)Fee to petition for reduction of penalty: three hundred seventy-one dollars ($371). three thousand one hundred ninety-five dollars ($3,195).
SEC. 4.SEC. 5.Section 1007 of the Business and Professions Code is amended to read:1007.(a)Except as otherwise provided in subdivision (c), the board shall require a licensee to provide a separate disclosure that includes the licensees probation status, the length of the probation, the probation end date, all practice restrictions placed on the licensee by the board, the boards telephone number, and an explanation of how the patient can find further information on the licensees probation on the licensees profile page on the boards online license information internet website, to a patient or the patients guardian or health care surrogate before the patients first visit following the probationary order while the licensee is on probation pursuant to a probationary order.
(b)A licensee required to provide a disclosure pursuant to subdivision (a) shall obtain from the patient, or the patients guardian or health care surrogate, a separate, signed copy of that disclosure.
(c)A licensee shall not be required to provide a disclosure pursuant to subdivision (a) if any of the following applies:
(1)The patient is unconscious or otherwise unable to comprehend the disclosure and sign the copy of the disclosure pursuant to subdivision (b) and a guardian or health care surrogate is unavailable to comprehend the disclosure and sign the copy.
(2)The visit occurs in an emergency room.
(3)The licensee does not have a direct treatment relationship with the patient.
(d)The board shall provide the following information, with respect to licensees on probation and licensees practicing under probationary licenses, in plain view on the licensees profile page on the boards online license information internet website.
(1)For probation imposed pursuant to a stipulated settlement, the causes alleged in the operative accusation along with a designation identifying those causes by which the licensee has expressly admitted guilt and a statement that acceptance of the settlement is not an admission of guilt.
(2)For probation imposed by an adjudicated decision of the board, the causes for probation stated in the final probationary order.
(3)For a licensee granted a probationary license, the causes by which the probationary license was imposed.
(4)The length of the probation and end date.
(5)All practice restrictions placed on the license by the board.
(e)Board for purposes of this section means the State Board of Chiropractic Examiners.
REVISIONS: HeadingLine 2.(a)The law governing practitioners of chiropractic is found in an initiative act entitled An act prescribing the terms upon which licenses may be issued to practitioners of chiropractic, creating the State Board of Chiropractic Examiners and declaring its powers and duties, prescribing penalties for violation hereof, and repealing all acts and parts of acts inconsistent herewith, adopted by the electors November 7, 1922.
(b)The State Board of Chiropractic Examiners is within the Department of Consumer Affairs.
(c)Notwithstanding any other law, the powers and duties of the State Board of Chiropractic Examiners, as set forth in this article and under the act creating the board, shall be subject to review by the appropriate policy committees of the Legislature. The review shall be performed as if this chapter were scheduled to be repealed as of January 1, 2023. 2027.
SECTION 1.SEC. 2.Section 1001 of the Business and Professions Code is amended to read:1001.In each year, the State Board of Chiropractic Examiners shall compile and may thereafter publish and sell a complete directory of all persons within the state who hold unforfeited and unrevoked certificates to practice chiropractic, and whose certificate in any manner authorizes the treatment of human beings for diseases, injuries, deformities, or any other physical or mental conditions.
The directory shall contain:
(a)The following information concerning each such person:
(1)The name, address, telephone number, and email of such person.
(2)The names and symbols indicating their title.
(3)The school, attendance at which qualified them for examination or admission to practice.
(4)The date of the issuance of their certificate.
(b)The annual report of the board for the prior year.
(c)Information relating to other laws of this state and the United States which the board determines to be of interest to persons licensed to practice chiropractic.
(d)Copies of opinions of the Attorney General relating to the practice of chiropractic.
(e)A copy of the provisions of this chapter and a copy of the act cited in Section 1000.
The board may require the persons designated in this section to furnish such information as it may deem necessary to enable it to compile the directory. Every person so designated shall report immediately each and every change of residence or contact information, giving both their old and new address or contact information, as applicable.
The directory shall be evidence of the right of the persons named in it to practice unless their certificate to practice chiropractic has been canceled, suspended, or revoked. The board may collect from each person who voluntarily subscribes to or purchases a copy of the directory the cost of publication and distribution thereof, except that one copy of the directory shall be distributed without charge to each certificate holder of the board.
SEC. 3.Section 1006 of the Business and Professions Code is amended to read:1006.(a)By July 1, 2018, 2023, the State Board of Chiropractic Examiners shall submit a report to the appropriate policy and fiscal committees of the Legislature that contains, but is not limited to, both of the following: an update on the State Board of Chiropractic Examiners plans for restructuring its license fees.
(1)The status of the State Board of Chiropractic Examiners fee audit.(2)An update on the State Board of Chiropractic Examiners plans for restructuring its license fees.(b)The report to the Legislature under subdivision (a) shall be submitted in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code.
SEC. 4.Section 1007 of the Business and Professions Code is amended to read:1007.(a)On and after July 1, 2019, except Except as otherwise provided in subdivision (c), the board shall require a licensee to provide a separate disclosure that includes the licensees probation status, the length of the probation, the probation end date, all practice restrictions placed on the licensee by the board, the boards telephone number, and an explanation of how the patient can find further information on the licensees probation on the licensees profile page on the boards online license information Internet Web site, internet website, to a patient or the patients guardian or health care surrogate before the patients first visit following the probationary order while the licensee is on probation pursuant to a probationary order made on and after July 1, 2019. order.
(b)A licensee required to provide a disclosure pursuant to subdivision (a) shall obtain from the patient, or the patients guardian or health care surrogate, a separate, signed copy of that disclosure.
(c)A licensee shall not be required to provide a disclosure pursuant to subdivision (a) if any of the following applies:
(1)The patient is unconscious or otherwise unable to comprehend the disclosure and sign the copy of the disclosure pursuant to subdivision (b) and a guardian or health care surrogate is unavailable to comprehend the disclosure and sign the copy.
(2)The visit occurs in an emergency room or an urgent care facility or the visit is unscheduled, including consultations in inpatient facilities. room.
(3)The licensee who will be treating the patient during the visit is not known to the patient until immediately prior to the start of the visit. (4)(3)The licensee does not have a direct treatment relationship with the patient.
(d)On and after July 1, 2019, the The board shall provide the following information, with respect to licensees on probation and licensees practicing under probationary licenses, in plain view on the licensees profile page on the boards online license information Internet Web site. internet website.
(1)For probation imposed pursuant to a stipulated settlement, the causes alleged in the operative accusation along with a designation identifying those causes by which the licensee has expressly admitted guilt and a statement that acceptance of the settlement is not an admission of guilt.
(2)For probation imposed by an adjudicated decision of the board, the causes for probation stated in the final probationary order.
(3)For a licensee granted a probationary license, the causes by which the probationary license was imposed.
(4)The length of the probation and end date.
(5)All practice restrictions placed on the license by the board.
(e)Board for purposes of this section means the State Board of Chiropractic Examiners.
In each year, the State Board of Chiropractic Examiners shall compile and may thereafter publish and sell a complete directory of all persons within the state who hold unforfeited and unrevoked certificates to practice chiropractic, and whose certificate in any manner authorizes the treatment of human beings for diseases, injuries, deformities, or any other physical or mental conditions.
The directory shall contain:
(a)The following information concerning each such person:
1.(1)The name and address name, address, telephone number, and email of such person.
2.(2)The names and symbols indicating his their title.
3.(3)The school, attendance at which qualified him them for examination or admission to practice.
4.(4)The date of the issuance of his their certificate.
(b)The annual report of the board for the prior year.
(c)Information relating to other laws of this state and the United States which the board determines to be of interest to persons licensed to practice chiropractic.
(d)Copies of opinions of the Attorney General relating to the practice of chiropractic.
(e)A copy of the provisions of this chapter and a copy of the act cited in Section 1000.
The board may require the persons designated in this section to furnish such information as it may deem necessary to enable it to compile the directory. Every person so designated shall report immediately each and every change of residence, residence or contact information, giving both his their old and new address. address or contact information, as applicable.
The directory shall be evidence of the right of the persons named in it to practice unless his their certificate to practice chiropractic has been canceled, suspended suspended, or revoked. The board may collect from each person who voluntarily subscribes to or purchases a copy of the directory the cost of publication and distribution thereof; thereof, except that one copy of the directory shall be distributed without charge to each certificate holder of the board.
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| Sep 27, 2022 | Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 623, Statutes of 2022. |
| Sep 27, 2022 | Approved by the Governor. |
| Sep 6, 2022 | Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m. |
| Aug 29, 2022 | Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 5227.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. |
| Aug 22, 2022 | In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending. |
| Aug 22, 2022 | Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 6013.) Ordered to the Senate. |
| Aug 15, 2022 | Read second time. Ordered to third reading. |
| Aug 11, 2022 | From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (August 11). |
| Aug 3, 2022 | August 3 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file. |
| Jun 28, 2022 | From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (June 28). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. |
| Jun 28, 2022 | Coauthors revised. |
| Jun 20, 2022 | From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on B. & P. |
| Jun 2, 2022 | Referred to Com. on B. & P. |
| May 26, 2022 | In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. |
| May 25, 2022 | Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 3937.) Ordered to the Assembly. |
| May 23, 2022 | Ordered to special consent calendar. |
| May 19, 2022 | From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 3796.) (May 19). |
| May 13, 2022 | Set for hearing May 19. |
| May 9, 2022 | May 9 hearing: Placed on APPR suspense file. |
| Apr 29, 2022 | Set for hearing May 9. |
| Apr 19, 2022 | Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. |
| Apr 18, 2022 | From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 12. Noes 0. Page 3412.) (April 18). |
| Mar 16, 2022 | Set for hearing April 18. |
| Mar 9, 2022 | Referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. |
| Feb 22, 2022 | From printer. |
| Feb 18, 2022 | Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. |
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| Aug 29, 2022 | Unfinished Business SB1434 Roth et al. Concurrence | Senate Floor |
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| Aug 22, 2022 | SB 1434 Roth Senate Third Reading By Berman | Assembly Floor |
Passed |
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| May 25, 2022 | Special Consent SB1434 | Senate Floor |
Passed |
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