By Mikaila Hernández On February 19, 2020, the Bureau of Private Postsecondary Education (BPPE) distributed a one-page “BPPE At A Glance” informational flyer at its Advisory Committee meeting, summarizing the work that BPPE completed in 2019. The BPPE Advisory Committee Continue reading
By Christine Lambert On December 1, 2019, the Veterinary Medical Board (VMB) published its Sunset Review Report in preparation for VMB’s Sunset Review Oversight hearing before the Assembly Business and Professions Committee and the Senate Business, Professions and Economic Development Continue reading
By Angela O’Hara On March 4, 2020, Governor Newsom issued an Emergency Proclamation in response to the COVID-19 outbreak. Concerned that the number of persons in California requiring medical care would soon exceed locally available resources, the Governor authorized the Continue reading
By Stephanie Mendivil On December 1, 2019, the Board of Pharmacy submitted its final Sunset Oversight Review Report (Volume 1, Volume 2) to the legislature. The Sunset Report updates the legislature on past sunset issues and outlines current issues facing Continue reading
By Mariela Romo On March 2, 2020, the Contractors’ State License Board (CSLB) published notice of its intent to adopt section 868.1, repeal section 869.5, and amend sections 868, 869, 869.9, Title 16 of the California Code of Regulations (CCR) Continue reading
By Thomas Burke On January 23, 2020, the Office of Administrative Law (OAL) approved the California Board of Accountancy’s proposed nonsubstantive changes to sections 15.1, 16, 19, and 20, Title 16 of the CCR, in light of the recent passage Continue reading
By Alaina Dye At its November 14, 2019 meeting, the State Bar’s 2020 Governance in the Public Interest Task Force voted to focus its efforts and report on proactive regulation, also known as risk-based regulation, which seeks to prevent lawyers Continue reading
By Katie Abajian On October 16, 2019, SmileDirectClub, and its owner, Jeffrey Sulitzer, D.M.D., a dentist licensed to practice in California, filed a complaint in the Central District of California against an investigator, the Executive Officer, and all individual Board Continue reading
By Marie McDonald Hulen On January 28, 2020, the California Department of Insurance (the Department) held a pre-notice workshop in Los Angeles to hear public feedback on a proposed regulation that would change the way auto insurers offer discounts to Continue reading
