[Cagdu] FW: SB 944 - Advisory to Stakeholders

[Shannon L. Dillon]

SHANNON L. DILLON
 



From: Guidedogboard at dca.ca.gov
Date: Tue, 11 Oct 2011 16:07:30 -0700
Subject: SB 944 - Advisory to Stakeholders
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Dear State Board of Guide Dogs for the Blind Stakeholders:
 
Senate Bill 944 (Senate Business Professions and Economic Development Committee, Chapter 432, Statutes of 2011) was enrolled on September 12, 2011, and chaptered on October 2, 2011. Changes to the listed Business and Profession Code Sections will become effective January 1, 2012. Illustrated below are explanations on the changes and how they may affect you.
 
Changes
Section 7204 was amended to replace the term “secretary” with “executive officer.”
 
New Language
7204.  The executive officer shall keep all the records of the board and discharge such other duties as the board shall, from time to time, prescribe.
  
Changes
Section 7211 was amended to replace the term “secretary” with “board.”
 
New Language
   7211.  (a) Each applicant for an instructor's license shall file an application with the board at least 10 days before the date fixed for examination, and shall pay to the board at the time of filing an application the sum of two hundred fifty dollars ($250). No license shall be granted until the applicant has satisfactorily completed the examination prescribed by the board and has shown that he or she is equipped by a school or by equivalent facilities satisfactory to the board. An annual fee of one hundred dollars ($100) shall be required for the renewal of a license.
   (b) All fees received under this chapter shall be deposited in the Guide Dogs for the Blind Fund.
 
Changes
Section 7215 requires that dogs be either spayed or neutered (to be gender specific).  Previously, the statute required dogs be neutered.  Additionally, 7215 referred to guide dogs or seeing-eye dogs. As seeing-eye dogs refer to a specific type of dog from a particular guide dog school, reference to the term was removed. Last, proof of immunization, spay or neuter and proof guide dog has been examined by a licensed veterinarian and found to be in good health shall be delivered at the time the dog is assigned, versus at the time the dog is delivered.  
 
New Language
   7215.  No person shall sell, give, or furnish any guide dog to a blind person unless the following requirements have been met:
   (a) The dog has been immunized against distemper and rabies.
   (b) The dog has been spayed or neutered.
   (c) The dog has been examined by a licensed veterinarian and found to be in good health.
   A certificate from a veterinarian certifying to the foregoing shall be delivered to the recipient of the dog at the time the dog is assigned to a client.
 
Changes
Section 7217 was amended to require a guide dog school’s independent audit be provided to the Board within 90 days after the end of a calendar year versus 180 days.  Therefore, the audit is required to be submitted to the Board by March 31 of each year with payment due on April 30 of each year (Business and Professions Code Section 7200.7).
 
New Language
   7217.  (a) Within 60 days after the end of a calendar year or after the termination of the fiscal year of a school, there shall be furnished to the board the following:
   (1) A list of students accepted for training and those who have completed training.
   (2) A list of the number of dogs trained.
   (b) Within 90 days after the end of a calendar year, there shall be furnished to the board an independent audit of the school's finances by a certified public accountant licensed by this state.
 
 
  		 	   		  
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