Bill Text: CA SB1319 | 2017-2018 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Professions and vocations.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-02-20 - From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 22. [SB1319 Detail]

Download: California-2017-SB1319-Introduced.html

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CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2017–2018 REGULAR SESSION

Senate Bill

No. 1319

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Introduced by Senator Mendoza

February 16, 2018

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An act to amend Section 101.6 of the Business and Professions Code, relating to professions and vocations.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

SB 1319, as introduced, Mendoza. Professions and vocations.

Under existing law, the Department of Consumer Affairs is comprised of various boards, bureaus, and commissions that license and regulate the practice of various professions and vocations deemed to engage in activities that have potential impact upon the public health, safety, and welfare for the purpose of ensuring that those professions and vocations are adequately regulated in order to protect the people of California.

This bill would make nonsubstantive changes to these provisions.

Digest Key

Vote: MAJORITY   Appropriation: NO   Fiscal Committee: NO   Local Program: NO  

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Bill Text

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION 1.

 Section 101.6 of the Business and Professions Code is amended to read:

101.6.

 (a) The boards, bureaus, and commissions in the department are established for the purpose of ensuring that those private businesses and professions deemed to engage in activities which that have potential impact upon the public health, safety, and welfare are adequately regulated in order to protect the people of California.

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(b) To this end, they the boards, bureaus, and commissions establish minimum qualifications and levels of competency and license persons desiring to engage in the occupations they regulate upon determining that such those persons possess the requisite skills and qualifications necessary to provide safe and effective services to the public, or register or otherwise certify persons in order to identify practitioners and ensure performance according to set and accepted professional standards. They provide a means for redress of grievances by investigating allegations of unprofessional conduct, incompetence, fraudulent action, or unlawful activity brought to their attention by members of the public and institute disciplinary action against persons licensed or registered under the provisions of this code when such action is warranted. In addition, they conduct periodic checks of licensees, registrants, or otherwise certified persons in order to ensure compliance with the relevant sections of this code.