BILL NUMBER: AB 1848INTRODUCED BILL TEXT INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Atkins FEBRUARY 22, 2012 An act to amend Section 2004 of the Business and Professions Code, relating to medicine. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST AB 1848, as introduced, Atkins. Medical Board of California. The Medical Practice Act provides for the licensure and regulation of physicians and surgeons by the Medical Board of California, and specifies the board's responsibilities in this regard. This bill would make a technical, nonsubstantive change to these provisions. 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 2004 of the Business and Professions Code is amended to read: 2004. The board shall have the responsibility for all of the following: (a) The enforcement of the disciplinary and criminal provisions of the Medical Practice Act. (b) The administration and hearing of disciplinary actions. (c) Carrying out disciplinary actions appropriate to findings made by a panel or an administrative law judge. (d) Suspending, revoking, or otherwise limiting certificates after the conclusion of disciplinary actions. (e) Reviewing the quality of medical practice carried out by physician and surgeon certificate holders under the jurisdiction of the board. (f) Approving undergraduate and graduate medical education programs. (g) Approving clinical clerkship and special programs and hospitals for the programs in subdivision (f). (h) Issuing licenses and certificates under the board's jurisdiction. (i) Administering the board's continuing medical education program.