BILL NUMBER: AB 750INTRODUCED BILL TEXT INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Low FEBRUARY 25, 2015 An act to amend Section 462 of the Business and Professions Code, relating to business and professions. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST AB 750, as introduced, Low. Business and professions: licenses. Existing law provides for numerous boards, bureaus, commissions, or programs within the Department of Consumer Affairs, that administer the licensing and regulation of various businesses and professions. Existing law authorizes any of the boards, bureaus, commissions, or programs within the department, except as specified, to establish by regulation a system for an inactive category of license for persons who are not actively engaged in the practice of their profession or vocation. Under existing law, the holder of an inactive license is prohibited from engaging in any activity for which a license is required. This bill would additionally authorize any of the boards, bureaus, commissions, or programs within the department, except as specified, to establish by regulation a system for a retired category of license for persons who are not actively engaged in the practice of their profession or vocation, and would prohibit the holder of a retired license from engaging in any activity for which a license is required. 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 462 of the Business and Professions Code is amended to read: 462. (a) Any of the boards, bureaus, commissions, or programs within the department may establish, by regulation, a system for an inactive and a retired category of licensure for persons who are not actively engaged in the practice of their profession or vocation. (b) The regulation shall contain the following provisions: (1) The holder of an inactive or retired license issued pursuant to this section shall not engage in any activity for which a license is required. (2) An inactive license issued pursuant to this section shall be renewed during the same time period in which an active license is renewed. The holder of an inactive license need not comply with any continuing education requirement for renewal of an active license. (3) The renewal fee for a license in an active status shall apply also for a renewal of a license in an inactive status, unless a lesser renewal fee is specified by the board. (4) In order for the holder of an inactive license issued pursuant to this section to restore his or her license to an active status, the holder of an inactive license shall comply with all the following: (A) Pay the renewal fee. (B) If the board requires completion of continuing education for renewal of an active license, complete continuing education equivalent to that required for renewal of an active license, unless a different requirement is specified by the board. (c) This section shall not apply to any healing arts board as specified in Section 701.