Bill Text: CA AB186 | 2013-2014 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Professions and vocations: military spouses: temporary licenses.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 12-3)

Status: (Passed) 2014-09-27 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 640, Statutes of 2014. [AB186 Detail]

Download: California-2013-AB186-Amended.html

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BILL NUMBER: AB 186	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  AUGUST 20, 2014
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 25, 2014
	AMENDED IN SENATE  MAY 29, 2014
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 24, 2013
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MAY 24, 2013
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 22, 2013
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 1, 2013

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Maienschein
   (Principal coauthor: Assembly Member Hagman)
   (Coauthors: Assembly Members Chávez, Dahle, Donnelly, Beth Gaines,
Garcia, Gorell, Grove, Harkey, Olsen, Patterson, and V. Manuel
Pérez)
   (Coauthors: Senators Fuller and Huff)

                        JANUARY 28, 2013

   An act to add Section 115.6 to the Business and Professions Code,
relating to professions and vocations, and making an appropriation
therefor.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 186, as amended, Maienschein. Professions and vocations:
military spouses: temporary licenses.
   Existing law provides for the licensure and regulation of various
professions and vocations by boards within the Department of Consumer
Affairs. Existing law provides for the issuance of reciprocal
licenses in certain fields where the applicant, among other
requirements, has a license to practice within that field in another
jurisdiction, as specified. Existing law requires that the licensing
fees imposed by certain boards within the department be deposited in
funds that are continuously appropriated. Existing law requires a
board within the department to expedite the licensure process for an
applicant who holds a current license in another jurisdiction in the
same profession or vocation and who supplies satisfactory evidence of
being married to, or in a domestic partnership or other legal union
with, an active duty member of the Armed Forces of the United States
who is assigned to a duty station in California under official active
duty military orders.
    This bill would, in addition to the expedited licensure
provisions described above, establish a temporary licensure process
 for specified licensed professions  for an applicant who
holds a current, active, and unrestricted license in another
jurisdiction, as specified, and who supplies satisfactory evidence of
being married to, or in a domestic partnership or other legal union
with, an active duty member of the Armed Forces of the United States
who is assigned to a duty station in California under official active
duty military orders. The bill would require a temporary license
 issued pursuant to these provisions  to expire 12 months
after issuance, upon issuance of an expedited license, or upon denial
of the application for expedited licensure by the board, whichever
occurs first.
   This bill would  also  require an applicant seeking a
temporary license as a civil engineer, geotechnical engineer,
structural engineer, land surveyor, professional geologist,
professional geophysicist, certified engineering geologist, or
certified hydrogeologist to successfully pass the appropriate
California-specific examination or examinations required for
licensure in those respective professions by the Board for
Professional Engineers, Land Surveyors, and Geologists.  The
bill would also authorize a board to require an applicant to
successfully pass an examination in jurisprudence or California law
and ethics for the issuance of a temporary license if successfully
passing the examination is a requirement for all applicants for full
licensure.  
   This bill would exclude the California Architects Board, the
Landscape Architects Technical Committee, the Contractors' State
License Board, the State Board of Chiropractic Examiners, and a board
that established a temporary licensing process before January 1,
2014, from these provisions. 
   Because the bill would authorize the expenditure of continuously
appropriated funds for a new purpose, the bill would make an
appropriation.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: yes. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 115.6 is added to the Business and Professions
Code, to read:
   115.6.  (a) A board within the department shall, after appropriate
investigation, issue  a   the fol  
lowing eligible  temporary  license  
licenses  to an applicant if he or she meets the requirements
set forth in subdivision  (c). The temporary license shall
expire 12 months after issuance, upon issuance of an expedited
license pursuant to Section 115.5, or upon denial of the application
for expedited licensure by the board, whichever occurs first.
  (c):  
   (1) Registered nurse license by the Board of Registered Nursing.
 
   (2) Vocational nurse license issued by the Board of Vocational
Nursing and Psychiatric Technicians of the State of California. 

   (3) Psychiatric technician license issued by the Board of
Vocational Nursing and Psychiatric Technicians of the State of
California.  
   (4) Speech-language pathologist license issued by the
Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology and Hearing Aid Dispensers
Board.  
   (5) Audiologist license issued by the Speech-Language Pathology
and Audiology and Hearing Aid Dispensers Board.  
   (6) Veterinarian license issued by the Veterinary Medical Board.
 
   (7) All licenses issued by the Board for Professional Engineers,
Land Surveyors, and Geologists.  
   (8) All licenses issued by the Medical Board of California. 
   (b) The board may conduct an investigation of an applicant for
purposes of denying or revoking a temporary license issued pursuant
to this section. This investigation may include a criminal background
check.
   (c) An applicant seeking a temporary license pursuant to this
section shall meet the following requirements:
   (1) The applicant shall supply evidence satisfactory to the board
that the applicant is married to, or in a domestic partnership or
other legal union with, an active duty member of the Armed Forces of
the United States who is assigned to a duty station in this state
under official active duty military orders.
   (2) The applicant shall hold a current, active, and unrestricted
license that confers upon him or her the authority to practice, in
another state, district, or territory of the United States, the
profession or vocation for which he or she seeks a temporary license
from the board.
   (3) The applicant shall submit an application to the board that
shall include a signed affidavit attesting to the fact that he or she
meets all of the requirements for the temporary license and that the
information submitted in the application is accurate, to the best of
his or her knowledge. The application shall also include written
verification from the applicant's original licensing jurisdiction
stating that the applicant's license is in good standing in that
jurisdiction.
   (4) The applicant shall not have committed an act in any
jurisdiction that would have constituted grounds for denial,
suspension, or revocation of the license under this code at the time
the act was committed. A violation of this paragraph may be grounds
for the denial or revocation of a temporary license issued by the
board.
   (5) The applicant shall not have been disciplined by a licensing
entity in another jurisdiction and shall not be the subject of an
unresolved complaint, review procedure, or disciplinary proceeding
conducted by a licensing entity in another jurisdiction.
   (6) The applicant shall, upon request by a board, furnish a full
set of fingerprints for purposes of conducting a criminal background
check.
   (d) A board may adopt regulations necessary to administer this
section.
   (e) A temporary license issued pursuant to this section 
for the practice of medicine  may be immediately terminated
upon a finding that the temporary licenseholder failed to meet any of
the requirements described in subdivision (c) or provided
substantively inaccurate information that would affect his or her
eligibility for temporary licensure. Upon termination of the
temporary license, the board shall issue a notice of termination that
shall require the temporary licenseholder to immediately cease the
practice of  medicine   the licensed profession
 upon receipt.
   (f) An applicant seeking a temporary license as a civil engineer,
geotechnical engineer, structural engineer, land surveyor,
professional geologist, professional geophysicist, certified
engineering geologist, or certified hydrogeologist pursuant to this
section shall successfully pass the appropriate California-specific
examination or examinations required for licensure in those
respective professions by the Board for Professional Engineers, Land
Surveyors, and Geologists. 
   (g) A board within the department may require an applicant to
successfully pass an examination in jurisprudence or California law
and ethics for the issuance of a temporary license pursuant to this
section if successfully passing the examination is a requirement for
all applicants for full licensure.  
   (h) This section shall not apply to the California Architects
Board, the Landscape Architects Technical Committee, the Contractors'
State License Board, or the State Board of Chiropractic Examiners.
 
   (i) This section shall not apply to a board that established a
temporary licensing process before January 1, 2014.  
   (g) A temporary license issued pursuant to this section shall
expire 12 months after issuance, upon issuance of an expedited
license pursuant to Section 115.5, or upon denial of the application
for expedited licensure by the board, whichever occurs first.