Amended IN Assembly June 12, 2023 Amended IN Senate April 20, 2023 Amended IN Senate March 20, 2023 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20232024 REGULAR SESSION Senate Bill No. 372Introduced by Senator Menjivar(Coauthors: Senators Cortese and Wiener)(Coauthors: Assembly Members Lee, Pellerin, and Wallis)February 09, 2023An act to add Section 27.5 to the Business and Professions Code, relating to professions and vocations. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTSB 372, as amended, Menjivar. Department of Consumer Affairs: licensee and registrant records: name and gender changes.Existing law establishes in the Business, Consumer Services, and Housing Agency the Department of Consumer Affairs. Existing law establishes various boards within the department for the licensure, regulation, and discipline of various professions and vocations. Existing law defines board for purposes of the Business and Professions Code to include bureau, commission, committee, department, division, examining committee, program, and agency, unless otherwise expressly provided.This bill would require a board to update a licensees or registrants records, including records contained within an online license verification system, to include the licensees or registrants updated legal name or gender license by replacing references to the former name or gender on the license or registration, as specified, if the board receives government-issued documentation, as described, from the licensee or registrant demonstrating that the licensee or registrants legal name or gender has been changed. The If the board operates an online license verification system, the bill would require the board to remove replace references to the licensees or registrants former name or gender from its online license verification system and treat this information as confidential. The with the individuals current name or gender, as applicable, on the publicly viewable information displayed on the internet. The bill would prohibit a board from publishing information relating to the licensees or registrants former name or gender online. For specified licensees or registrants, the board would be required to establish a process to allow a person to request and obtain a licensees or registrants current name or prohibited from posting enforcement action record linked to a former name, records online, but would be required to direct the public to contact the board, as prescribed. The bill would require the board, if requested by a licensee or registrant, to reissue specified documents any license created by the board and conferred upon, or issued to, upon the licensee or registrant with their updated legal name or gender. registrant. The bill would prohibit a board from charging a higher fee for reissuing a document license with a corrected or an updated legal name or gender than the fee it charges for reissuing a document license with other corrected or updated information.Existing constitutional provisions require that a statute that limits the right of access to the meetings of public bodies or the writings of public officials and agencies be adopted with findings demonstrating the interest protected by the limitation and the need for protecting that interest.This bill would make legislative findings to that effect.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 27.5 is added to the Business and Professions Code, to read:27.5. (a) (1) Notwithstanding any other law, if a board receives government-issued documentation, as described in subdivision (b), from a licensee or registrant demonstrating that the licensees or registrants legal name or gender has been changed, the board board, upon request by the licensee or registrant, shall update their records, including any records contained within an online license verification system, to include the updated legal name or gender. the individuals license or registration by replacing references to the former name or gender on the license or registration, as applicable, with references to the current name or gender.(2) (A) If the board operates an online license verification system, it shall remove the licensees or registrants former name upon receipt of government-issued documentation, as described in subdivision (b). upon request by a licensee or registrant whose name or gender was updated pursuant to paragraph (1), the board shall replace references to the licensees or registrants former name or gender with the individuals current name or gender, as applicable, on the publicly viewable information displayed on the internet about the licensee or registrant. The licensees or registrants former name and gender shall be deemed confidential. or gender, as applicable, shall not be published online.(B)The board shall establish a process for providing a licensees or registrants current name or enforcement action record linked to a former name upon receipt of a request that is related to an enforcement action against the licensee or registrant or a search of a licensee by a previous name. The process shall ensure that the request is completed within 10 business days. This subparagraph shall be implemented in compliance with the California Public Records Act (Division 10 (commencing with Section 7920.000) of Title 1 of the Government Code).(C)In establishing a process to provide a licensees or registrants former name and gender, the board shall consider respect for the licensees or registrants privacy and safety.(B) Notwithstanding any other law, for licensees or registrants subject to subparagraph (A) who were previously subject to an enforcement action, the board shall not post enforcement records online, but shall instead post online a statement directing the public to contact the board for more information about the licensees or registrants prior enforcement action. The board shall ensure compliance with the California Public Records Act (Division 10 (commencing with Section 7920.000) of Title 1 of the Government Code) in implementing this section, including, but not limited to, responding to the request within 10 days from receipt of the request, as specified in Section 7522.535 of the Government Code.(3) If requested by the licensee or registrant, the board shall reissue any documents conferred upon the licensee or registrant with the licensees or registrants updated legal name or gender. license created by the board and conferred upon the licensee or registrant by the board. A board shall not charge a higher fee for reissuing a document with a corrected or an updated legal name or gender than the fee it regularly charges for reissuing a document with other corrected or updated information.(b) (1) The documentation of a licensee or registrant identified in either of the following is required to demonstrate a legal name change of a licensee or registrant:(A) A certified court order issued pursuant to a proceeding authorized by subdivision (b) of Section 1277 of the Code of Civil Procedure and a copy of the certificate issued under the Secretary of States Safe at Home program authorized by Chapter 3.1 (commencing with Section 6205) of Division 7 of Title 1 of the Government Code reflecting the licensees or registrants updated name.(B) A certified court order issued pursuant to a proceeding authorized by Section 1277.5 of the Code of Civil Procedure or Article 7 (commencing with Section 103425) of Chapter 11 of Part 1 of Division 102 of the Health and Safety Code reflecting the licensees or registrants updated name.(2) Any of the following documents is sufficient to demonstrate a legal name or gender change includes, but is not limited to, any of the following: of a licensee or registrant:(1)(A) State-issued drivers license or identification card.(2)(B) Birth certificate.(3)(C) Passport.(4)(D) Social security card.(5)(E) Court order indicating a name change or a gender change.(c)This section does not require a board to modify records that the licensee or registrant has not requested for modification or reissuance.SEC. 2. The Legislature finds and declares that Section 1 of this act, which adds Section 27.5 to the Business and Professions Code, imposes a limitation on the publics right of access to the meetings of public bodies or the writings of public officials and agencies within the meaning of Section 3 of Article I of the California Constitution. Pursuant to that constitutional provision, the Legislature makes the following findings to demonstrate the interest protected by this limitation and the need for protecting that interest:In order to protect the privacy rights and safety of individuals, it is necessary that this act limit the publics right of access to that information.
Amended IN Assembly June 12, 2023 Amended IN Senate April 20, 2023 Amended IN Senate March 20, 2023 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20232024 REGULAR SESSION Senate Bill No. 372Introduced by Senator Menjivar(Coauthors: Senators Cortese and Wiener)(Coauthors: Assembly Members Lee, Pellerin, and Wallis)February 09, 2023An act to add Section 27.5 to the Business and Professions Code, relating to professions and vocations. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTSB 372, as amended, Menjivar. Department of Consumer Affairs: licensee and registrant records: name and gender changes.Existing law establishes in the Business, Consumer Services, and Housing Agency the Department of Consumer Affairs. Existing law establishes various boards within the department for the licensure, regulation, and discipline of various professions and vocations. Existing law defines board for purposes of the Business and Professions Code to include bureau, commission, committee, department, division, examining committee, program, and agency, unless otherwise expressly provided.This bill would require a board to update a licensees or registrants records, including records contained within an online license verification system, to include the licensees or registrants updated legal name or gender license by replacing references to the former name or gender on the license or registration, as specified, if the board receives government-issued documentation, as described, from the licensee or registrant demonstrating that the licensee or registrants legal name or gender has been changed. The If the board operates an online license verification system, the bill would require the board to remove replace references to the licensees or registrants former name or gender from its online license verification system and treat this information as confidential. The with the individuals current name or gender, as applicable, on the publicly viewable information displayed on the internet. The bill would prohibit a board from publishing information relating to the licensees or registrants former name or gender online. For specified licensees or registrants, the board would be required to establish a process to allow a person to request and obtain a licensees or registrants current name or prohibited from posting enforcement action record linked to a former name, records online, but would be required to direct the public to contact the board, as prescribed. The bill would require the board, if requested by a licensee or registrant, to reissue specified documents any license created by the board and conferred upon, or issued to, upon the licensee or registrant with their updated legal name or gender. registrant. The bill would prohibit a board from charging a higher fee for reissuing a document license with a corrected or an updated legal name or gender than the fee it charges for reissuing a document license with other corrected or updated information.Existing constitutional provisions require that a statute that limits the right of access to the meetings of public bodies or the writings of public officials and agencies be adopted with findings demonstrating the interest protected by the limitation and the need for protecting that interest.This bill would make legislative findings to that effect.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: NO
Amended IN Assembly June 12, 2023 Amended IN Senate April 20, 2023 Amended IN Senate March 20, 2023
Amended IN Assembly June 12, 2023
Amended IN Senate April 20, 2023
Amended IN Senate March 20, 2023
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20232024 REGULAR SESSION
Senate Bill
No. 372
Introduced by Senator Menjivar(Coauthors: Senators Cortese and Wiener)(Coauthors: Assembly Members Lee, Pellerin, and Wallis)February 09, 2023
Introduced by Senator Menjivar(Coauthors: Senators Cortese and Wiener)(Coauthors: Assembly Members Lee, Pellerin, and Wallis)
February 09, 2023
An act to add Section 27.5 to the Business and Professions Code, relating to professions and vocations.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
SB 372, as amended, Menjivar. Department of Consumer Affairs: licensee and registrant records: name and gender changes.
Existing law establishes in the Business, Consumer Services, and Housing Agency the Department of Consumer Affairs. Existing law establishes various boards within the department for the licensure, regulation, and discipline of various professions and vocations. Existing law defines board for purposes of the Business and Professions Code to include bureau, commission, committee, department, division, examining committee, program, and agency, unless otherwise expressly provided.This bill would require a board to update a licensees or registrants records, including records contained within an online license verification system, to include the licensees or registrants updated legal name or gender license by replacing references to the former name or gender on the license or registration, as specified, if the board receives government-issued documentation, as described, from the licensee or registrant demonstrating that the licensee or registrants legal name or gender has been changed. The If the board operates an online license verification system, the bill would require the board to remove replace references to the licensees or registrants former name or gender from its online license verification system and treat this information as confidential. The with the individuals current name or gender, as applicable, on the publicly viewable information displayed on the internet. The bill would prohibit a board from publishing information relating to the licensees or registrants former name or gender online. For specified licensees or registrants, the board would be required to establish a process to allow a person to request and obtain a licensees or registrants current name or prohibited from posting enforcement action record linked to a former name, records online, but would be required to direct the public to contact the board, as prescribed. The bill would require the board, if requested by a licensee or registrant, to reissue specified documents any license created by the board and conferred upon, or issued to, upon the licensee or registrant with their updated legal name or gender. registrant. The bill would prohibit a board from charging a higher fee for reissuing a document license with a corrected or an updated legal name or gender than the fee it charges for reissuing a document license with other corrected or updated information.Existing constitutional provisions require that a statute that limits the right of access to the meetings of public bodies or the writings of public officials and agencies be adopted with findings demonstrating the interest protected by the limitation and the need for protecting that interest.This bill would make legislative findings to that effect.
Existing law establishes in the Business, Consumer Services, and Housing Agency the Department of Consumer Affairs. Existing law establishes various boards within the department for the licensure, regulation, and discipline of various professions and vocations. Existing law defines board for purposes of the Business and Professions Code to include bureau, commission, committee, department, division, examining committee, program, and agency, unless otherwise expressly provided.
This bill would require a board to update a licensees or registrants records, including records contained within an online license verification system, to include the licensees or registrants updated legal name or gender license by replacing references to the former name or gender on the license or registration, as specified, if the board receives government-issued documentation, as described, from the licensee or registrant demonstrating that the licensee or registrants legal name or gender has been changed. The If the board operates an online license verification system, the bill would require the board to remove replace references to the licensees or registrants former name or gender from its online license verification system and treat this information as confidential. The with the individuals current name or gender, as applicable, on the publicly viewable information displayed on the internet. The bill would prohibit a board from publishing information relating to the licensees or registrants former name or gender online. For specified licensees or registrants, the board would be required to establish a process to allow a person to request and obtain a licensees or registrants current name or prohibited from posting enforcement action record linked to a former name, records online, but would be required to direct the public to contact the board, as prescribed. The bill would require the board, if requested by a licensee or registrant, to reissue specified documents any license created by the board and conferred upon, or issued to, upon the licensee or registrant with their updated legal name or gender. registrant. The bill would prohibit a board from charging a higher fee for reissuing a document license with a corrected or an updated legal name or gender than the fee it charges for reissuing a document license with other corrected or updated information.
Existing constitutional provisions require that a statute that limits the right of access to the meetings of public bodies or the writings of public officials and agencies be adopted with findings demonstrating the interest protected by the limitation and the need for protecting that interest.
This bill would make legislative findings to that effect.
## Digest Key
## Bill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 27.5 is added to the Business and Professions Code, to read:27.5. (a) (1) Notwithstanding any other law, if a board receives government-issued documentation, as described in subdivision (b), from a licensee or registrant demonstrating that the licensees or registrants legal name or gender has been changed, the board board, upon request by the licensee or registrant, shall update their records, including any records contained within an online license verification system, to include the updated legal name or gender. the individuals license or registration by replacing references to the former name or gender on the license or registration, as applicable, with references to the current name or gender.(2) (A) If the board operates an online license verification system, it shall remove the licensees or registrants former name upon receipt of government-issued documentation, as described in subdivision (b). upon request by a licensee or registrant whose name or gender was updated pursuant to paragraph (1), the board shall replace references to the licensees or registrants former name or gender with the individuals current name or gender, as applicable, on the publicly viewable information displayed on the internet about the licensee or registrant. The licensees or registrants former name and gender shall be deemed confidential. or gender, as applicable, shall not be published online.(B)The board shall establish a process for providing a licensees or registrants current name or enforcement action record linked to a former name upon receipt of a request that is related to an enforcement action against the licensee or registrant or a search of a licensee by a previous name. The process shall ensure that the request is completed within 10 business days. This subparagraph shall be implemented in compliance with the California Public Records Act (Division 10 (commencing with Section 7920.000) of Title 1 of the Government Code).(C)In establishing a process to provide a licensees or registrants former name and gender, the board shall consider respect for the licensees or registrants privacy and safety.(B) Notwithstanding any other law, for licensees or registrants subject to subparagraph (A) who were previously subject to an enforcement action, the board shall not post enforcement records online, but shall instead post online a statement directing the public to contact the board for more information about the licensees or registrants prior enforcement action. The board shall ensure compliance with the California Public Records Act (Division 10 (commencing with Section 7920.000) of Title 1 of the Government Code) in implementing this section, including, but not limited to, responding to the request within 10 days from receipt of the request, as specified in Section 7522.535 of the Government Code.(3) If requested by the licensee or registrant, the board shall reissue any documents conferred upon the licensee or registrant with the licensees or registrants updated legal name or gender. license created by the board and conferred upon the licensee or registrant by the board. A board shall not charge a higher fee for reissuing a document with a corrected or an updated legal name or gender than the fee it regularly charges for reissuing a document with other corrected or updated information.(b) (1) The documentation of a licensee or registrant identified in either of the following is required to demonstrate a legal name change of a licensee or registrant:(A) A certified court order issued pursuant to a proceeding authorized by subdivision (b) of Section 1277 of the Code of Civil Procedure and a copy of the certificate issued under the Secretary of States Safe at Home program authorized by Chapter 3.1 (commencing with Section 6205) of Division 7 of Title 1 of the Government Code reflecting the licensees or registrants updated name.(B) A certified court order issued pursuant to a proceeding authorized by Section 1277.5 of the Code of Civil Procedure or Article 7 (commencing with Section 103425) of Chapter 11 of Part 1 of Division 102 of the Health and Safety Code reflecting the licensees or registrants updated name.(2) Any of the following documents is sufficient to demonstrate a legal name or gender change includes, but is not limited to, any of the following: of a licensee or registrant:(1)(A) State-issued drivers license or identification card.(2)(B) Birth certificate.(3)(C) Passport.(4)(D) Social security card.(5)(E) Court order indicating a name change or a gender change.(c)This section does not require a board to modify records that the licensee or registrant has not requested for modification or reissuance.SEC. 2. The Legislature finds and declares that Section 1 of this act, which adds Section 27.5 to the Business and Professions Code, imposes a limitation on the publics right of access to the meetings of public bodies or the writings of public officials and agencies within the meaning of Section 3 of Article I of the California Constitution. Pursuant to that constitutional provision, the Legislature makes the following findings to demonstrate the interest protected by this limitation and the need for protecting that interest:In order to protect the privacy rights and safety of individuals, it is necessary that this act limit the publics right of access to that information.
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 27.5 is added to the Business and Professions Code, to read:27.5. (a) (1) Notwithstanding any other law, if a board receives government-issued documentation, as described in subdivision (b), from a licensee or registrant demonstrating that the licensees or registrants legal name or gender has been changed, the board board, upon request by the licensee or registrant, shall update their records, including any records contained within an online license verification system, to include the updated legal name or gender. the individuals license or registration by replacing references to the former name or gender on the license or registration, as applicable, with references to the current name or gender.(2) (A) If the board operates an online license verification system, it shall remove the licensees or registrants former name upon receipt of government-issued documentation, as described in subdivision (b). upon request by a licensee or registrant whose name or gender was updated pursuant to paragraph (1), the board shall replace references to the licensees or registrants former name or gender with the individuals current name or gender, as applicable, on the publicly viewable information displayed on the internet about the licensee or registrant. The licensees or registrants former name and gender shall be deemed confidential. or gender, as applicable, shall not be published online.(B)The board shall establish a process for providing a licensees or registrants current name or enforcement action record linked to a former name upon receipt of a request that is related to an enforcement action against the licensee or registrant or a search of a licensee by a previous name. The process shall ensure that the request is completed within 10 business days. This subparagraph shall be implemented in compliance with the California Public Records Act (Division 10 (commencing with Section 7920.000) of Title 1 of the Government Code).(C)In establishing a process to provide a licensees or registrants former name and gender, the board shall consider respect for the licensees or registrants privacy and safety.(B) Notwithstanding any other law, for licensees or registrants subject to subparagraph (A) who were previously subject to an enforcement action, the board shall not post enforcement records online, but shall instead post online a statement directing the public to contact the board for more information about the licensees or registrants prior enforcement action. The board shall ensure compliance with the California Public Records Act (Division 10 (commencing with Section 7920.000) of Title 1 of the Government Code) in implementing this section, including, but not limited to, responding to the request within 10 days from receipt of the request, as specified in Section 7522.535 of the Government Code.(3) If requested by the licensee or registrant, the board shall reissue any documents conferred upon the licensee or registrant with the licensees or registrants updated legal name or gender. license created by the board and conferred upon the licensee or registrant by the board. A board shall not charge a higher fee for reissuing a document with a corrected or an updated legal name or gender than the fee it regularly charges for reissuing a document with other corrected or updated information.(b) (1) The documentation of a licensee or registrant identified in either of the following is required to demonstrate a legal name change of a licensee or registrant:(A) A certified court order issued pursuant to a proceeding authorized by subdivision (b) of Section 1277 of the Code of Civil Procedure and a copy of the certificate issued under the Secretary of States Safe at Home program authorized by Chapter 3.1 (commencing with Section 6205) of Division 7 of Title 1 of the Government Code reflecting the licensees or registrants updated name.(B) A certified court order issued pursuant to a proceeding authorized by Section 1277.5 of the Code of Civil Procedure or Article 7 (commencing with Section 103425) of Chapter 11 of Part 1 of Division 102 of the Health and Safety Code reflecting the licensees or registrants updated name.(2) Any of the following documents is sufficient to demonstrate a legal name or gender change includes, but is not limited to, any of the following: of a licensee or registrant:(1)(A) State-issued drivers license or identification card.(2)(B) Birth certificate.(3)(C) Passport.(4)(D) Social security card.(5)(E) Court order indicating a name change or a gender change.(c)This section does not require a board to modify records that the licensee or registrant has not requested for modification or reissuance.
SECTION 1. Section 27.5 is added to the Business and Professions Code, to read:
### SECTION 1.
27.5. (a) (1) Notwithstanding any other law, if a board receives government-issued documentation, as described in subdivision (b), from a licensee or registrant demonstrating that the licensees or registrants legal name or gender has been changed, the board board, upon request by the licensee or registrant, shall update their records, including any records contained within an online license verification system, to include the updated legal name or gender. the individuals license or registration by replacing references to the former name or gender on the license or registration, as applicable, with references to the current name or gender.(2) (A) If the board operates an online license verification system, it shall remove the licensees or registrants former name upon receipt of government-issued documentation, as described in subdivision (b). upon request by a licensee or registrant whose name or gender was updated pursuant to paragraph (1), the board shall replace references to the licensees or registrants former name or gender with the individuals current name or gender, as applicable, on the publicly viewable information displayed on the internet about the licensee or registrant. The licensees or registrants former name and gender shall be deemed confidential. or gender, as applicable, shall not be published online.(B)The board shall establish a process for providing a licensees or registrants current name or enforcement action record linked to a former name upon receipt of a request that is related to an enforcement action against the licensee or registrant or a search of a licensee by a previous name. The process shall ensure that the request is completed within 10 business days. This subparagraph shall be implemented in compliance with the California Public Records Act (Division 10 (commencing with Section 7920.000) of Title 1 of the Government Code).(C)In establishing a process to provide a licensees or registrants former name and gender, the board shall consider respect for the licensees or registrants privacy and safety.(B) Notwithstanding any other law, for licensees or registrants subject to subparagraph (A) who were previously subject to an enforcement action, the board shall not post enforcement records online, but shall instead post online a statement directing the public to contact the board for more information about the licensees or registrants prior enforcement action. The board shall ensure compliance with the California Public Records Act (Division 10 (commencing with Section 7920.000) of Title 1 of the Government Code) in implementing this section, including, but not limited to, responding to the request within 10 days from receipt of the request, as specified in Section 7522.535 of the Government Code.(3) If requested by the licensee or registrant, the board shall reissue any documents conferred upon the licensee or registrant with the licensees or registrants updated legal name or gender. license created by the board and conferred upon the licensee or registrant by the board. A board shall not charge a higher fee for reissuing a document with a corrected or an updated legal name or gender than the fee it regularly charges for reissuing a document with other corrected or updated information.(b) (1) The documentation of a licensee or registrant identified in either of the following is required to demonstrate a legal name change of a licensee or registrant:(A) A certified court order issued pursuant to a proceeding authorized by subdivision (b) of Section 1277 of the Code of Civil Procedure and a copy of the certificate issued under the Secretary of States Safe at Home program authorized by Chapter 3.1 (commencing with Section 6205) of Division 7 of Title 1 of the Government Code reflecting the licensees or registrants updated name.(B) A certified court order issued pursuant to a proceeding authorized by Section 1277.5 of the Code of Civil Procedure or Article 7 (commencing with Section 103425) of Chapter 11 of Part 1 of Division 102 of the Health and Safety Code reflecting the licensees or registrants updated name.(2) Any of the following documents is sufficient to demonstrate a legal name or gender change includes, but is not limited to, any of the following: of a licensee or registrant:(1)(A) State-issued drivers license or identification card.(2)(B) Birth certificate.(3)(C) Passport.(4)(D) Social security card.(5)(E) Court order indicating a name change or a gender change.(c)This section does not require a board to modify records that the licensee or registrant has not requested for modification or reissuance.
27.5. (a) (1) Notwithstanding any other law, if a board receives government-issued documentation, as described in subdivision (b), from a licensee or registrant demonstrating that the licensees or registrants legal name or gender has been changed, the board board, upon request by the licensee or registrant, shall update their records, including any records contained within an online license verification system, to include the updated legal name or gender. the individuals license or registration by replacing references to the former name or gender on the license or registration, as applicable, with references to the current name or gender.(2) (A) If the board operates an online license verification system, it shall remove the licensees or registrants former name upon receipt of government-issued documentation, as described in subdivision (b). upon request by a licensee or registrant whose name or gender was updated pursuant to paragraph (1), the board shall replace references to the licensees or registrants former name or gender with the individuals current name or gender, as applicable, on the publicly viewable information displayed on the internet about the licensee or registrant. The licensees or registrants former name and gender shall be deemed confidential. or gender, as applicable, shall not be published online.(B)The board shall establish a process for providing a licensees or registrants current name or enforcement action record linked to a former name upon receipt of a request that is related to an enforcement action against the licensee or registrant or a search of a licensee by a previous name. The process shall ensure that the request is completed within 10 business days. This subparagraph shall be implemented in compliance with the California Public Records Act (Division 10 (commencing with Section 7920.000) of Title 1 of the Government Code).(C)In establishing a process to provide a licensees or registrants former name and gender, the board shall consider respect for the licensees or registrants privacy and safety.(B) Notwithstanding any other law, for licensees or registrants subject to subparagraph (A) who were previously subject to an enforcement action, the board shall not post enforcement records online, but shall instead post online a statement directing the public to contact the board for more information about the licensees or registrants prior enforcement action. The board shall ensure compliance with the California Public Records Act (Division 10 (commencing with Section 7920.000) of Title 1 of the Government Code) in implementing this section, including, but not limited to, responding to the request within 10 days from receipt of the request, as specified in Section 7522.535 of the Government Code.(3) If requested by the licensee or registrant, the board shall reissue any documents conferred upon the licensee or registrant with the licensees or registrants updated legal name or gender. license created by the board and conferred upon the licensee or registrant by the board. A board shall not charge a higher fee for reissuing a document with a corrected or an updated legal name or gender than the fee it regularly charges for reissuing a document with other corrected or updated information.(b) (1) The documentation of a licensee or registrant identified in either of the following is required to demonstrate a legal name change of a licensee or registrant:(A) A certified court order issued pursuant to a proceeding authorized by subdivision (b) of Section 1277 of the Code of Civil Procedure and a copy of the certificate issued under the Secretary of States Safe at Home program authorized by Chapter 3.1 (commencing with Section 6205) of Division 7 of Title 1 of the Government Code reflecting the licensees or registrants updated name.(B) A certified court order issued pursuant to a proceeding authorized by Section 1277.5 of the Code of Civil Procedure or Article 7 (commencing with Section 103425) of Chapter 11 of Part 1 of Division 102 of the Health and Safety Code reflecting the licensees or registrants updated name.(2) Any of the following documents is sufficient to demonstrate a legal name or gender change includes, but is not limited to, any of the following: of a licensee or registrant:(1)(A) State-issued drivers license or identification card.(2)(B) Birth certificate.(3)(C) Passport.(4)(D) Social security card.(5)(E) Court order indicating a name change or a gender change.(c)This section does not require a board to modify records that the licensee or registrant has not requested for modification or reissuance.
27.5. (a) (1) Notwithstanding any other law, if a board receives government-issued documentation, as described in subdivision (b), from a licensee or registrant demonstrating that the licensees or registrants legal name or gender has been changed, the board board, upon request by the licensee or registrant, shall update their records, including any records contained within an online license verification system, to include the updated legal name or gender. the individuals license or registration by replacing references to the former name or gender on the license or registration, as applicable, with references to the current name or gender.(2) (A) If the board operates an online license verification system, it shall remove the licensees or registrants former name upon receipt of government-issued documentation, as described in subdivision (b). upon request by a licensee or registrant whose name or gender was updated pursuant to paragraph (1), the board shall replace references to the licensees or registrants former name or gender with the individuals current name or gender, as applicable, on the publicly viewable information displayed on the internet about the licensee or registrant. The licensees or registrants former name and gender shall be deemed confidential. or gender, as applicable, shall not be published online.(B)The board shall establish a process for providing a licensees or registrants current name or enforcement action record linked to a former name upon receipt of a request that is related to an enforcement action against the licensee or registrant or a search of a licensee by a previous name. The process shall ensure that the request is completed within 10 business days. This subparagraph shall be implemented in compliance with the California Public Records Act (Division 10 (commencing with Section 7920.000) of Title 1 of the Government Code).(C)In establishing a process to provide a licensees or registrants former name and gender, the board shall consider respect for the licensees or registrants privacy and safety.(B) Notwithstanding any other law, for licensees or registrants subject to subparagraph (A) who were previously subject to an enforcement action, the board shall not post enforcement records online, but shall instead post online a statement directing the public to contact the board for more information about the licensees or registrants prior enforcement action. The board shall ensure compliance with the California Public Records Act (Division 10 (commencing with Section 7920.000) of Title 1 of the Government Code) in implementing this section, including, but not limited to, responding to the request within 10 days from receipt of the request, as specified in Section 7522.535 of the Government Code.(3) If requested by the licensee or registrant, the board shall reissue any documents conferred upon the licensee or registrant with the licensees or registrants updated legal name or gender. license created by the board and conferred upon the licensee or registrant by the board. A board shall not charge a higher fee for reissuing a document with a corrected or an updated legal name or gender than the fee it regularly charges for reissuing a document with other corrected or updated information.(b) (1) The documentation of a licensee or registrant identified in either of the following is required to demonstrate a legal name change of a licensee or registrant:(A) A certified court order issued pursuant to a proceeding authorized by subdivision (b) of Section 1277 of the Code of Civil Procedure and a copy of the certificate issued under the Secretary of States Safe at Home program authorized by Chapter 3.1 (commencing with Section 6205) of Division 7 of Title 1 of the Government Code reflecting the licensees or registrants updated name.(B) A certified court order issued pursuant to a proceeding authorized by Section 1277.5 of the Code of Civil Procedure or Article 7 (commencing with Section 103425) of Chapter 11 of Part 1 of Division 102 of the Health and Safety Code reflecting the licensees or registrants updated name.(2) Any of the following documents is sufficient to demonstrate a legal name or gender change includes, but is not limited to, any of the following: of a licensee or registrant:(1)(A) State-issued drivers license or identification card.(2)(B) Birth certificate.(3)(C) Passport.(4)(D) Social security card.(5)(E) Court order indicating a name change or a gender change.(c)This section does not require a board to modify records that the licensee or registrant has not requested for modification or reissuance.
27.5. (a) (1) Notwithstanding any other law, if a board receives government-issued documentation, as described in subdivision (b), from a licensee or registrant demonstrating that the licensees or registrants legal name or gender has been changed, the board board, upon request by the licensee or registrant, shall update their records, including any records contained within an online license verification system, to include the updated legal name or gender. the individuals license or registration by replacing references to the former name or gender on the license or registration, as applicable, with references to the current name or gender.
(2) (A) If the board operates an online license verification system, it shall remove the licensees or registrants former name upon receipt of government-issued documentation, as described in subdivision (b). upon request by a licensee or registrant whose name or gender was updated pursuant to paragraph (1), the board shall replace references to the licensees or registrants former name or gender with the individuals current name or gender, as applicable, on the publicly viewable information displayed on the internet about the licensee or registrant. The licensees or registrants former name and gender shall be deemed confidential. or gender, as applicable, shall not be published online.
(B)The board shall establish a process for providing a licensees or registrants current name or enforcement action record linked to a former name upon receipt of a request that is related to an enforcement action against the licensee or registrant or a search of a licensee by a previous name. The process shall ensure that the request is completed within 10 business days. This subparagraph shall be implemented in compliance with the California Public Records Act (Division 10 (commencing with Section 7920.000) of Title 1 of the Government Code).
(C)In establishing a process to provide a licensees or registrants former name and gender, the board shall consider respect for the licensees or registrants privacy and safety.
(B) Notwithstanding any other law, for licensees or registrants subject to subparagraph (A) who were previously subject to an enforcement action, the board shall not post enforcement records online, but shall instead post online a statement directing the public to contact the board for more information about the licensees or registrants prior enforcement action. The board shall ensure compliance with the California Public Records Act (Division 10 (commencing with Section 7920.000) of Title 1 of the Government Code) in implementing this section, including, but not limited to, responding to the request within 10 days from receipt of the request, as specified in Section 7522.535 of the Government Code.
(3) If requested by the licensee or registrant, the board shall reissue any documents conferred upon the licensee or registrant with the licensees or registrants updated legal name or gender. license created by the board and conferred upon the licensee or registrant by the board. A board shall not charge a higher fee for reissuing a document with a corrected or an updated legal name or gender than the fee it regularly charges for reissuing a document with other corrected or updated information.
(b) (1) The documentation of a licensee or registrant identified in either of the following is required to demonstrate a legal name change of a licensee or registrant:
(A) A certified court order issued pursuant to a proceeding authorized by subdivision (b) of Section 1277 of the Code of Civil Procedure and a copy of the certificate issued under the Secretary of States Safe at Home program authorized by Chapter 3.1 (commencing with Section 6205) of Division 7 of Title 1 of the Government Code reflecting the licensees or registrants updated name.
(B) A certified court order issued pursuant to a proceeding authorized by Section 1277.5 of the Code of Civil Procedure or Article 7 (commencing with Section 103425) of Chapter 11 of Part 1 of Division 102 of the Health and Safety Code reflecting the licensees or registrants updated name.
(2) Any of the following documents is sufficient to demonstrate a legal name or gender change includes, but is not limited to, any of the following: of a licensee or registrant:
(1)
(A) State-issued drivers license or identification card.
(2)
(B) Birth certificate.
(3)
(C) Passport.
(4)
(D) Social security card.
(5)
(E) Court order indicating a name change or a gender change.
(c)This section does not require a board to modify records that the licensee or registrant has not requested for modification or reissuance.
SEC. 2. The Legislature finds and declares that Section 1 of this act, which adds Section 27.5 to the Business and Professions Code, imposes a limitation on the publics right of access to the meetings of public bodies or the writings of public officials and agencies within the meaning of Section 3 of Article I of the California Constitution. Pursuant to that constitutional provision, the Legislature makes the following findings to demonstrate the interest protected by this limitation and the need for protecting that interest:In order to protect the privacy rights and safety of individuals, it is necessary that this act limit the publics right of access to that information.
SEC. 2. The Legislature finds and declares that Section 1 of this act, which adds Section 27.5 to the Business and Professions Code, imposes a limitation on the publics right of access to the meetings of public bodies or the writings of public officials and agencies within the meaning of Section 3 of Article I of the California Constitution. Pursuant to that constitutional provision, the Legislature makes the following findings to demonstrate the interest protected by this limitation and the need for protecting that interest:In order to protect the privacy rights and safety of individuals, it is necessary that this act limit the publics right of access to that information.
SEC. 2. The Legislature finds and declares that Section 1 of this act, which adds Section 27.5 to the Business and Professions Code, imposes a limitation on the publics right of access to the meetings of public bodies or the writings of public officials and agencies within the meaning of Section 3 of Article I of the California Constitution. Pursuant to that constitutional provision, the Legislature makes the following findings to demonstrate the interest protected by this limitation and the need for protecting that interest:
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In order to protect the privacy rights and safety of individuals, it is necessary that this act limit the publics right of access to that information.