California Senate Bill SB1451 Introduced / Bill

 BILL NUMBER: SB 1451INTRODUCED BILL TEXT INTRODUCED BY Senator Yee FEBRUARY 19, 2010 An act to amend Section 2450 of the Business and Professions Code, relating to medicine. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST SB 1451, as introduced, Yee. Osteopathic Medical Board of California. Under existing law, the Osteopathic Medical Board of California is responsible for the certification and regulation of osteopathic physicians and surgeons. This bill would make nonsubstantive, technical changes to that provision. Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no. State-mandated local program: no. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. Section 2450 of the Business and Professions Code is amended to read: 2450. There is a Board of Osteopathic Examiners of the State of California, established by the Osteopathic Act,  which   that  shall be known as the Osteopathic Medical Board of California  which   that  enforces this chapter relating to persons holding or applying for physician's and surgeon's certificates issued by the Osteopathic Medical Board of California under the Osteopathic Act. Persons who elect to practice using the term of suffix "M.D.," as provided in Section 2275, shall not be subject to this article, and the Medical Board of California shall enforce the provisions of this chapter relating to persons who made the election.