BILL NUMBER: SB 227INTRODUCED BILL TEXT INTRODUCED BY Senator Wyland FEBRUARY 9, 2011 An act to amend Section 23.8 of the Business and Professions Code, relating to business and professions. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST SB 227, as introduced, Wyland. Business and professions: licensure. Existing law, under the Business and Professions Code, provides for the regulation and licensure of various professionals. Existing law provides that the term "licentiate," as used in the Business and Professions Code, refers to any person authorized by a license, certificate, registration, or other means to engage in a business or profession regulated by that code and as specified. This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive 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 23.8 of the Business and Professions Code is amended to read: 23.8. "Licentiate" or "licensee" means any person authorized by a license, certificate, registration, or any other means to engage in a business or profession that is regulated by this code or referred to in Sections 1000 and 3600.