California legislation · 2025-2026 Regular Session
California AB1703: Osteopathic physicians and surgeons: unauthorized practice: unauthorized use of titles.
Status: Chaptered, September 27, 2026
What the bill says
An act to amend, repeal, and add Section 2053.5 of, and to add Section 2453.3 to, the Business and Professions Code, relating to the healing arts. the healing arts Osteopathic physicians and surgeons: unauthorized practice: unauthorized use of titles. 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…
From the chaptered text, September 27, 2026:
An act to amend, repeal, and add Section 2053.5 of, and to add Section 2453.3 to, the Business and Professions Code, relating to the healing arts. the healing arts Osteopathic physicians and surgeons: unauthorized practice: unauthorized use of titles. 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. Existing law establishes the Osteopathic Medical Board of California and sets forth its powers and duties relating to the licensure and regulation of osteopathic physicians and surgeons and requires the Osteopathic Medical Board of California to enforce the Medical Practice Act with respect to its licensees, consistent with the Osteopathic Act, as specified. A violation of the Medical Practice Act is a crime. Existing law generally makes the unauthorized practice of medicine a crime. Existing law makes an exception to that criminal provision if a person, before performing services, complies with certain disclosure requirements. Existing law excludes from that exception a list of specified services, including, among others, conducting surgery or any other procedure on another person that punctures the skin or harmfully invades the body. This bill, on and after January 1, 2028, would add the provision of osteopathic manipulative treatment, as defined, to that list of specifically excluded services. By …
Sponsors
- Gregg Hart (D, AD37) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 543, Statutes of 2026.
- : Approved by the Governor.
- : Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- : Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 6511.).
- : Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 73. Noes 0.).
- : In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- : Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0.).
- : Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
- : Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
- : Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
Votes
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB1703 Hart By Grayson (August 25, 2026): 39 yea, 0 nay, passed
- AB 1703 Hart Concurrence in Senate Amendments (August 25, 2026): 73 yea, 0 nay, passed
- Do pass as amended (August 13, 2026): 7 yea, 0 nay, passed
- Placed on suspense file (June 29, 2026): 7 yea, 0 nay, passed
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] (June 15, 2026): 11 yea, 0 nay, passed
- AB 1703 Hart Assembly Third Reading (May 11, 2026): 73 yea, 0 nay, passed
Common questions
- What is AB1703?
- AB1703 is a bill in the California Legislature (2025-2026 Regular Session): Osteopathic physicians and surgeons: unauthorized practice: unauthorized use of titles.
- What does AB1703 do?
- In its own words: An act to amend, repeal, and add Section 2053.5 of, and to add Section 2453.3 to, the Business and Professions Code, relating to the healing arts. the healing arts Osteopathic physicians and surgeons: unauthorized practice: unauthorized use of titles. 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…
- What is the status of AB1703?
- Chaptered as of September 27, 2026. Latest action: Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 543, Statutes of 2026. (September 27, 2026).
- Who sponsored AB1703?
- Gregg Hart (D, AD37).
- Where is the official record for AB1703?
- On the California Legislature website: https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1703
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