CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20232024 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 996Introduced by Assembly Member LowFebruary 15, 2023 An act to add Section 36 to the Business and Professions Code, relating to professions and vocations. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 996, as introduced, Low. Department of Consumer Affairs: continuing education: conflict-of-interest policy.Existing law provides for the licensure and regulation of professions and vocations by entities within the Department of Consumer Affairs. Under existing law, several of these entities may require licensees to satisfy continuing education course requirements, including, among others, licensed physicians and surgeons licensed by the Medical Board of California and certified public accountants and public accountants licensed by the California Board of Accountancy.This bill would require those entities to develop and maintain a conflict-of-interest policy that, at minimum, discourages the qualification of any continuing education course if the provider of that course has an economic interest in a commercial product or enterprise directly or indirectly promoted in that course.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: NO Bill TextThe people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 36 is added to the Business and Professions Code, to read:36. (a) Any entity listed in Section 101 that is responsible for approving continuing education providers or courses shall develop and maintain a conflict-of-interest policy in accordance with subdivision (b).(b) The conflict-of-interest policy required by this section shall, at a minimum, discourage the qualification of any continuing education course if the provider of that course has an economic interest in a commercial product or enterprise directly or indirectly promoted in that course.
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20232024 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 996Introduced by Assembly Member LowFebruary 15, 2023 An act to add Section 36 to the Business and Professions Code, relating to professions and vocations. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 996, as introduced, Low. Department of Consumer Affairs: continuing education: conflict-of-interest policy.Existing law provides for the licensure and regulation of professions and vocations by entities within the Department of Consumer Affairs. Under existing law, several of these entities may require licensees to satisfy continuing education course requirements, including, among others, licensed physicians and surgeons licensed by the Medical Board of California and certified public accountants and public accountants licensed by the California Board of Accountancy.This bill would require those entities to develop and maintain a conflict-of-interest policy that, at minimum, discourages the qualification of any continuing education course if the provider of that course has an economic interest in a commercial product or enterprise directly or indirectly promoted in that course.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: NO
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20232024 REGULAR SESSION
Assembly Bill
No. 996
Introduced by Assembly Member LowFebruary 15, 2023
Introduced by Assembly Member Low
February 15, 2023
An act to add Section 36 to the Business and Professions Code, relating to professions and vocations.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 996, as introduced, Low. Department of Consumer Affairs: continuing education: conflict-of-interest policy.
Existing law provides for the licensure and regulation of professions and vocations by entities within the Department of Consumer Affairs. Under existing law, several of these entities may require licensees to satisfy continuing education course requirements, including, among others, licensed physicians and surgeons licensed by the Medical Board of California and certified public accountants and public accountants licensed by the California Board of Accountancy.This bill would require those entities to develop and maintain a conflict-of-interest policy that, at minimum, discourages the qualification of any continuing education course if the provider of that course has an economic interest in a commercial product or enterprise directly or indirectly promoted in that course.
Existing law provides for the licensure and regulation of professions and vocations by entities within the Department of Consumer Affairs. Under existing law, several of these entities may require licensees to satisfy continuing education course requirements, including, among others, licensed physicians and surgeons licensed by the Medical Board of California and certified public accountants and public accountants licensed by the California Board of Accountancy.
This bill would require those entities to develop and maintain a conflict-of-interest policy that, at minimum, discourages the qualification of any continuing education course if the provider of that course has an economic interest in a commercial product or enterprise directly or indirectly promoted in that course.
## Digest Key
## Bill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 36 is added to the Business and Professions Code, to read:36. (a) Any entity listed in Section 101 that is responsible for approving continuing education providers or courses shall develop and maintain a conflict-of-interest policy in accordance with subdivision (b).(b) The conflict-of-interest policy required by this section shall, at a minimum, discourage the qualification of any continuing education course if the provider of that course has an economic interest in a commercial product or enterprise directly or indirectly promoted in that course.
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 36 is added to the Business and Professions Code, to read:36. (a) Any entity listed in Section 101 that is responsible for approving continuing education providers or courses shall develop and maintain a conflict-of-interest policy in accordance with subdivision (b).(b) The conflict-of-interest policy required by this section shall, at a minimum, discourage the qualification of any continuing education course if the provider of that course has an economic interest in a commercial product or enterprise directly or indirectly promoted in that course.
SECTION 1. Section 36 is added to the Business and Professions Code, to read:
### SECTION 1.
36. (a) Any entity listed in Section 101 that is responsible for approving continuing education providers or courses shall develop and maintain a conflict-of-interest policy in accordance with subdivision (b).(b) The conflict-of-interest policy required by this section shall, at a minimum, discourage the qualification of any continuing education course if the provider of that course has an economic interest in a commercial product or enterprise directly or indirectly promoted in that course.
36. (a) Any entity listed in Section 101 that is responsible for approving continuing education providers or courses shall develop and maintain a conflict-of-interest policy in accordance with subdivision (b).(b) The conflict-of-interest policy required by this section shall, at a minimum, discourage the qualification of any continuing education course if the provider of that course has an economic interest in a commercial product or enterprise directly or indirectly promoted in that course.
36. (a) Any entity listed in Section 101 that is responsible for approving continuing education providers or courses shall develop and maintain a conflict-of-interest policy in accordance with subdivision (b).(b) The conflict-of-interest policy required by this section shall, at a minimum, discourage the qualification of any continuing education course if the provider of that course has an economic interest in a commercial product or enterprise directly or indirectly promoted in that course.
36. (a) Any entity listed in Section 101 that is responsible for approving continuing education providers or courses shall develop and maintain a conflict-of-interest policy in accordance with subdivision (b).
(b) The conflict-of-interest policy required by this section shall, at a minimum, discourage the qualification of any continuing education course if the provider of that course has an economic interest in a commercial product or enterprise directly or indirectly promoted in that course.