BILL NUMBER: SB 198INTRODUCED BILL TEXT INTRODUCED BY Senator Price FEBRUARY 7, 2013 An act to amend Sections 2602 and 2607.5 of the Business and Professions Code, relating to healings arts. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST SB 198, as introduced, Price. Physical Therapy Board of California. Existing law, the Physical Therapy Practice Act, provides for the licensure and regulation of physical therapists by the Physical Therapy Board of California. Existing law authorizes the board to appoint an executive officer. Existing law repeals these provisions on January 1, 2014. This bill would instead repeal these provisions on January 1, 2018. Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: no. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. Section 2602 of the Business and Professions Code is amended to read: 2602. The Physical Therapy Board of California, hereafter referred to as the board, shall enforce and administer this chapter. This section shall remain in effect only until January 1,2014,2018, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted statute, that is enacted before January 1,2014,2018, deletes or extends that date. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the repeal of this section renders the board subject to review by the appropriate policy committees of the Legislature. SEC. 2. Section 2607.5 of the Business and Professions Code is amended to read: 2607.5. (a) The board may appoint a person exempt from civil service who shall be designated as an executive officer and who shall exercise the powers and perform the duties delegated by the board and vested in him or her by this chapter. (b) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1,2014,2018, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted statute, that is enacted before January 1,2014,2018, deletes or extends that date.