Existing law, the Medical Practice Act, establishes the Medical Board of California and sets forth its powers and duties relating to the licensure and regulation of physicians and surgeons, including osteopathic physicians and surgeons. Existing law, the Nursing Practice Act, establishes the Board of Registered Nursing and sets forth its powers and duties relating to the licensure and regulation of the practice of nursing. Existing law, the Psychology Licensing Law, establishes the Board of Psychology and sets forth its powers and duties relating to the licensure and regulation of psychologists. Existing law, the Physician Assistant Practice Act, establishes the Physician Assistant Board and sets forth its powers and duties relating to the licensure and regulation of physician assistants.
Existing law, the Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist Act, the Clinical Social Worker Practice Act, the Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor Act, and the Educational Psychologist Practice Act, provides for the licensure and regulation of the practices of marriage and family therapy, clinical social work, professional clinical counseling, and education psychology, respectively, by the Board of Behavioral Sciences.
Existing law establishes continuing education requirements for all of these various healing arts practitioners.
This bill would require the above-specified boards, in determining their continuing education requirements, to consider including a course in menopausal mental or physical health.
This bill would incorporate additional changes to Section 2811.5 of the Business and Professions Code proposed by SB 639 and AB 2581 to be operative only if this bill and either or both of those bills are enacted and this bill is enacted last.
This bill would incorporate additional changes to Sections 3524.5, 4989.34, 4996.22, and 4999.76 of the Business and Professions Code proposed by AB 2581 to be operative only if this bill and AB 2581 are enacted and this bill is enacted last.
This bill would incorporate additional changes to Section 4980.54 of the Business and Professions Code proposed by SB 1526 and AB 2581 to be operative only if this bill and either or both of those bills are enacted and this bill is enacted last.

Statutes affected:
AB2270: 2191 BPC, 2811.5 BPC, 2811.5 BPC, 2811.5 BPC, 2811.5 BPC, 3524.5 BPC, 3524.5 BPC, 4980.54 BPC, 4980.54 BPC, 4980.54 BPC, 4980.54 BPC, 4989.34 BPC, 4989.34 BPC, 4996.22 BPC, 4996.22 BPC, 4999.76 BPC, 4999.76 BPC
04/10/24 - Amended Assembly: 2191 BPC, 2191 BPC, 2811.5 BPC, 2811.5 BPC, 3524.5 BPC, 3524.5 BPC, 4980.54 BPC, 4980.54 BPC, 4989.34 BPC, 4989.34 BPC, 4996.22 BPC, 4996.22 BPC, 4999.76 BPC, 4999.76 BPC
05/23/24 - Amended Senate: 2191 BPC, 2811.5 BPC, 3524.5 BPC, 4980.54 BPC, 4989.34 BPC, 4996.22 BPC, 4999.76 BPC
08/14/24 - Amended Senate: 2191 BPC, 2811.5 BPC, 2811.5 BPC, 2811.5 BPC, 2811.5 BPC, 2811.5 BPC, 2811.5 BPC, 2811.5 BPC, 3524.5 BPC, 3524.5 BPC, 3524.5 BPC, 4980.54 BPC, 4980.54 BPC, 4980.54 BPC, 4980.54 BPC, 4980.54 BPC, 4980.54 BPC, 4980.54 BPC, 4989.34 BPC, 4989.34 BPC, 4989.34 BPC, 4996.22 BPC, 4996.22 BPC, 4996.22 BPC, 4999.76 BPC, 4999.76 BPC, 4999.76 BPC
08/28/24 - Enrolled: 2191 BPC, 2811.5 BPC, 2811.5 BPC, 2811.5 BPC, 2811.5 BPC, 3524.5 BPC, 3524.5 BPC, 4980.54 BPC, 4980.54 BPC, 4980.54 BPC, 4980.54 BPC, 4989.34 BPC, 4989.34 BPC, 4996.22 BPC, 4996.22 BPC, 4999.76 BPC, 4999.76 BPC
09/27/24 - Chaptered: 2191 BPC, 2811.5 BPC, 2811.5 BPC, 2811.5 BPC, 2811.5 BPC, 3524.5 BPC, 3524.5 BPC, 4980.54 BPC, 4980.54 BPC, 4980.54 BPC, 4980.54 BPC, 4989.34 BPC, 4989.34 BPC, 4996.22 BPC, 4996.22 BPC, 4999.76 BPC, 4999.76 BPC