CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20172018 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 1059Introduced by Assembly Member Gonzalez FletcherFebruary 16, 2017 An act to amend Section 580 of the Business and Professions Code, relating to healing arts. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 1059, as introduced, Gonzalez Fletcher. Healing arts.Existing law provides for the licensure and regulation of various healing arts practitioners by various boards, as defined, within the Department of Consumer Affairs, and prohibits a person, company, or association from selling, bartering, or offering to sell or barter any degree that is required for licensure under the law.This bill would make a nonsubstantive change to that provision.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NO Local Program: NO Bill TextThe people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 580 of the Business and Professions Code is amended to read:580. No A person, company, or association shall not sell or barter or offer to sell or barter any medical degree, podiatric degree, or osteopathic degree, or chiropractic degree, or any other degree which is required for licensure, certification, or registration under this division, or any degree, certificate, transcript, or any other writing, made or purporting to be made pursuant to any laws regulating the licensing and registration or issuing of a certificate to physicians and surgeons, podiatrists, osteopathic physicians, chiropractors, persons lawfully engaged in any other system or mode of treating the sick or afflicted, or to any other person licensed, certified, or registered under this division. CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20172018 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 1059Introduced by Assembly Member Gonzalez FletcherFebruary 16, 2017 An act to amend Section 580 of the Business and Professions Code, relating to healing arts. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 1059, as introduced, Gonzalez Fletcher. Healing arts.Existing law provides for the licensure and regulation of various healing arts practitioners by various boards, as defined, within the Department of Consumer Affairs, and prohibits a person, company, or association from selling, bartering, or offering to sell or barter any degree that is required for licensure under the law.This bill would make a nonsubstantive change to that provision.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NO Local Program: NO CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20172018 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 1059 Introduced by Assembly Member Gonzalez FletcherFebruary 16, 2017 Introduced by Assembly Member Gonzalez Fletcher February 16, 2017 An act to amend Section 580 of the Business and Professions Code, relating to healing arts. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST ## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST AB 1059, as introduced, Gonzalez Fletcher. Healing arts. Existing law provides for the licensure and regulation of various healing arts practitioners by various boards, as defined, within the Department of Consumer Affairs, and prohibits a person, company, or association from selling, bartering, or offering to sell or barter any degree that is required for licensure under the law.This bill would make a nonsubstantive change to that provision. Existing law provides for the licensure and regulation of various healing arts practitioners by various boards, as defined, within the Department of Consumer Affairs, and prohibits a person, company, or association from selling, bartering, or offering to sell or barter any degree that is required for licensure under the law. This bill would make a nonsubstantive change to that provision. ## Digest Key ## Bill Text The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 580 of the Business and Professions Code is amended to read:580. No A person, company, or association shall not sell or barter or offer to sell or barter any medical degree, podiatric degree, or osteopathic degree, or chiropractic degree, or any other degree which is required for licensure, certification, or registration under this division, or any degree, certificate, transcript, or any other writing, made or purporting to be made pursuant to any laws regulating the licensing and registration or issuing of a certificate to physicians and surgeons, podiatrists, osteopathic physicians, chiropractors, persons lawfully engaged in any other system or mode of treating the sick or afflicted, or to any other person licensed, certified, or registered under this division. The people of the State of California do enact as follows: ## The people of the State of California do enact as follows: SECTION 1. Section 580 of the Business and Professions Code is amended to read:580. No A person, company, or association shall not sell or barter or offer to sell or barter any medical degree, podiatric degree, or osteopathic degree, or chiropractic degree, or any other degree which is required for licensure, certification, or registration under this division, or any degree, certificate, transcript, or any other writing, made or purporting to be made pursuant to any laws regulating the licensing and registration or issuing of a certificate to physicians and surgeons, podiatrists, osteopathic physicians, chiropractors, persons lawfully engaged in any other system or mode of treating the sick or afflicted, or to any other person licensed, certified, or registered under this division. SECTION 1. Section 580 of the Business and Professions Code is amended to read: ### SECTION 1. 580. No A person, company, or association shall not sell or barter or offer to sell or barter any medical degree, podiatric degree, or osteopathic degree, or chiropractic degree, or any other degree which is required for licensure, certification, or registration under this division, or any degree, certificate, transcript, or any other writing, made or purporting to be made pursuant to any laws regulating the licensing and registration or issuing of a certificate to physicians and surgeons, podiatrists, osteopathic physicians, chiropractors, persons lawfully engaged in any other system or mode of treating the sick or afflicted, or to any other person licensed, certified, or registered under this division. 580. No A person, company, or association shall not sell or barter or offer to sell or barter any medical degree, podiatric degree, or osteopathic degree, or chiropractic degree, or any other degree which is required for licensure, certification, or registration under this division, or any degree, certificate, transcript, or any other writing, made or purporting to be made pursuant to any laws regulating the licensing and registration or issuing of a certificate to physicians and surgeons, podiatrists, osteopathic physicians, chiropractors, persons lawfully engaged in any other system or mode of treating the sick or afflicted, or to any other person licensed, certified, or registered under this division. 580. No A person, company, or association shall not sell or barter or offer to sell or barter any medical degree, podiatric degree, or osteopathic degree, or chiropractic degree, or any other degree which is required for licensure, certification, or registration under this division, or any degree, certificate, transcript, or any other writing, made or purporting to be made pursuant to any laws regulating the licensing and registration or issuing of a certificate to physicians and surgeons, podiatrists, osteopathic physicians, chiropractors, persons lawfully engaged in any other system or mode of treating the sick or afflicted, or to any other person licensed, certified, or registered under this division. 580. No A person, company, or association shall not sell or barter or offer to sell or barter any medical degree, podiatric degree, or osteopathic degree, or chiropractic degree, or any other degree which is required for licensure, certification, or registration under this division, or any degree, certificate, transcript, or any other writing, made or purporting to be made pursuant to any laws regulating the licensing and registration or issuing of a certificate to physicians and surgeons, podiatrists, osteopathic physicians, chiropractors, persons lawfully engaged in any other system or mode of treating the sick or afflicted, or to any other person licensed, certified, or registered under this division.