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<ns0:ActionText>INTRODUCED</ns0:ActionText>
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<ns0:AuthorText authorType="LEAD_AUTHOR">Introduced by Committee on Business and Professions</ns0:AuthorText>
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<ns0:Title> An act to amend Section 2602 of, and to amend, renumber, and add Section 2602.1 of, the Business and Professions Code, relating to healing arts.</ns0:Title>
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<ns0:Subject>Physical Therapy Board of California.</ns0:Subject>
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<html:p>Existing law, the Physical Therapy Practice Act, establishes the Physical Therapy Board of California within the Department of Consumer Affairs for the licensure, approval, and regulation of physical therapists and physical therapist assistants. Existing law repeals those provisions on January 1, 2027, at which time the board is subject to review by the appropriate policy committees of the Legislature.</html:p>
<html:p>This bill would express the intent of the Legislature to evaluate the Physical Therapy Board of California through the joint legislative sunset review oversight process and to subsequently include in this bill recommendations produced through that process. The bill would also make nonsubstantive changes to the above-described provisions.</html:p>
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<ns0:Preamble>The people of the State of California do enact as follows:</ns0:Preamble>
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<html:p>It is the intent of the Legislature to evaluate the Physical Therapy Board of California through the joint legislative sunset review oversight process and to subsequently include in this bill recommendations produced through that process.</html:p>
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<ns0:Num>SEC. 2.</ns0:Num>
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Section 2602 of the
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(a)
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The Physical Therapy Board of California shall enforce and administer this chapter.
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This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2027, and as of that date is repealed.
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Section 2602.1 of the
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is amended and renumbered to read:
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<html:p>Protection of the public shall be the highest priority for the Physical Therapy Board of California in exercising its licensing, regulatory, and disciplinary functions. Whenever the protection of the public is inconsistent with other interests sought to be promoted, the protection of the public shall be paramount.</html:p>
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Section 2602.1 is added to the
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, to read:
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<html:p>Notwithstanding any other law, the repeal of Section 2602 renders the Physical Therapy Board of California subject to review by the appropriate policy committees of the Legislature.</html:p>
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