An act to add Section 4846.5 to the Business and Professions Code, relating to veterinary medicine. Existing law requires persons licensed by the Veterinary Medical Board to biennially apply for renewal of their licenses or registrations. The bill would require persons renewing their licenses or applying for relicensure or reinstatement to submit proof of compliance to the board subject to a penalty of perjury provision, and would specifically provide that false statements submitted in that regard would be subject to existing misdemeanor provisions punishable by a fine or imprisonment, or both. A violation of the penalty provisions of the bill would expand the scope of the existing misdemeanor provision, and would thereby impose a state-mandated local program. The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state.
Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement.
This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason. Every person renewing his or her license issued pursuant to Section 4846.4 or any person applying for relicensure or for reinstatement of his or her license to active status, shall submit proof of compliance with this section to the board certifying that he or she is in compliance with this section. Any false statement submitted pursuant to this section shall be a violation subject to Section 4831. This section shall not apply to a veterinarian's first license renewal. This section shall apply only to second and subsequent license renewals granted on or after January 1, 2002.