BILL NUMBER: SB 1237INTRODUCED BILL TEXT INTRODUCED BY Senator Padilla FEBRUARY 19, 2010 An act to add Section 115111 to the Health and Safety Code, relating to public health. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST SB 1237, as introduced, Padilla. Radiation control: health facilities and clinics: records. Under existing law, the State Department of Public Health licenses and regulates health facilities and clinics, as defined. Under existing law, the Radiation Control Law, the department licenses and regulates persons that use devices or equipment utilizing radioactive materials. Under existing law the department may also require registration and inspection of sources of ionizing radiation, as defined. Violation of these provisions is a crime. This bill would require health facilities and clinics, as specified, that use ionizing radiation for diagnostic purposes to record the dose of radiation used during the administration of the radiation on the radiology film. Because this bill expands the definition of a crime, it would impose a state-mandated local program. The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason. Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: yes. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. Section 115111 is added to the Health and Safety Code, to read: 115111. Health facilities licensed pursuant to Article 1 (commencing with Section 1250) of Chapter 2 of Division 2, clinics licensed pursuant to Article 1 (commencing with Section 1200) of Chapter 1 of Division 2, and clinics exempt from licensure pursuant to Section 1206 that use ionizing radiation for diagnostic purposes shall record the dose of radiation used during the administration of the radiation on the radiology film. SEC. 2. No reimbursement is required by this act pursuant to Section 6 of Article XIII B of the California Constitution because the only costs that may be incurred by a local agency or school district will be incurred because this act creates a new crime or infraction, eliminates a crime or infraction, or changes the penalty for a crime or infraction, within the meaning of Section 17556 of the Government Code, or changes the definition of a crime within the meaning of Section 6 of Article XIII B of the California Constitution.