LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
SB 1050, as amended, Yee. Osteopathic Medical Board of California:
Naturopathic Medicine Committee.
(1) Existing law, the Osteopathic Act, requires the Governor to
appoint 7 licensee members to the Osteopathic Medical Board of
California, including 5 osteopathic physicians and surgeons and 2
naturopathic doctors. This provision is repealed on January 1, 2013,
at which time the licensee membership of the board will be reduced to
5 osteopathic physicians and surgeons. Existing law also requires
the Governor to appoint 2 public members to the Osteopathic Medical
Board of California.
This bill would exclude those naturopathic doctors from the
membership of the board, thereby reducing the licensee membership of
the board to 5 osteopathic physicians and surgeons. The bill would
add 2 additional public members to the board and would require the
Senate Committee on Rules and the Speaker of the Assembly to each
appoint one public member
. The bill would specify
that public members are to receive specified per diem and expenses
.
(2) Existing law, the Naturopathic Doctors Act, provides for the
licensure and regulation of naturopathic doctors by the Naturopathic
Medicine Committee within the Osteopathic Medical Board of
California. The committee consists of 3 licensed naturopathic
doctors, 3 licensed physicians and surgeons, and 3 public members who
are appointed by the Governor. Existing law authorizes the
committee, with the approval of the board, to appoint an executive
officer and authorizes the board to employ other officers and
employees as necessary.
This bill would change the membership of the committee to 5
licensed naturopathic doctors, 2 licensed physicians and surgeons,
and 2 public members. The bill would authorize the committee to
appoint an executive officer and other officers and employees as
necessary. The bill would make the committee responsible for
reviewing the quality of practice by licensed naturopathic doctors
and solely responsible for implementing the Naturopathic Doctors Act.
The bill would require protection of the public to be the highest
priority for the committee.
Comments/questions on SB 1050 (Yee): Osteopathic Medical Board of California: Naturopathic Medicine Committee.
