Chapter 3 - Funds of the Department

California Business and Professions Code — §§ 200-211

Sections (17)

Amended by Stats. 1959, Ch. 1426.

Notwithstanding any other provisions of this code, any revenues, collections, or receipts accruing to any board in the department may, in the manner determined by the director and with the consent of the board concerned, be received and deposited by the department, and in such case shall be accounted for to the board and remitted by the department to the State Treasury in accordance with law for credit to the fund of such board. Notwithstanding Section 158 of this code, all refunds shall be made by the department with the consent of the board.

§ 200.1

Amended by Stats. 2020, Ch. 312, Sec. 6. (SB 1474) Effective January 1, 2021.

(a)Any accruals that occur on or after September 11, 1993, to any funds or accounts within the Professions and Vocations Fund that realize increased revenues to that fund or account as a result of legislation enacted on or after September 11, 1993, and that have not been transferred pursuant to Sections 13.50, 13.60, and 13.70 of the Budget Act of 1993 on the effective date of the act that enacted this section, shall be exempt from the transfers contained in Sections 13.50, 13.60, and 13.70 of the Budget Act of 1993. These funds shall include, but not be limited to, all of the following:

(1)Athletic Commission Fund.

(2)Bureau of Home Furnishings and Thermal Insulation Fund.

(3)Contractors License Fund.

(4)Private Investigator Fund.

(5)Respiratory Care Fund.

(6)Vocational Nursing and Psychiatric Technicians Fund.

(b)Subdivision (a) shall not apply to the Contingent Fund of the Medical Board of California.

§ 201

Amended by Stats. 2014, Ch. 395, Sec. 4. (SB 1243) Effective January 1, 2015.

(a)(1) A charge for the estimated administrative expenses of the department, not to exceed the available balance in any appropriation for any one fiscal year, may be levied in advance on a pro rata share basis against any of the boards, bureaus, commissions, divisions, and agencies, at the discretion of the director and with the approval of the Department of Finance.

(2)The department shall submit a report of the accounting of the pro rata calculation of administrative expenses to the appropriate policy committees of the Legislature on or before July 1, 2015, and on or before July 1 of each subsequent year.

(b)The department shall conduct a one-time study of its current system for prorating administrative expenses to determine if that system is the most productive, efficient, and cost-effective manner for the department and the agencies comprising the department. The study shall include consideration of whether some of the administrative services offered by the department should be outsourced or charged on an as-needed basis and whether the agencies should be permitted to elect not to receive and be charged for certain administrative services. The department shall include the findings in its report pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) that it is required to submit on or before July 1, 2015.

§ 202

Amended by Stats. 1989, Ch. 1212, Sec. 1.

(a)Upon proper presentation of claims by the department to the State Controller, the State Controller shall draw his or her warrant against any of the funds of any one of the boards to cover its share of the estimated administrative expenses of the department. The fund of one board shall not be used to pay the expenses of any other board.

(b)Nothing in this section or in Section 401 shall prohibit the transfer of funds for a release time bank of any board, commission, or bureau of the department pursuant to a memorandum of understanding on the same terms and conditions applicable to other state agencies.

§ 202.5

Added by Stats. 1994, Ch. 1273, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1995.

Prior to payment to the Department of Justice of any charges for legal services rendered to any board within the department, the Department of Justice shall submit to the board an itemized statement of the services and charges. The itemized statement shall include detailed information regarding the services performed and the amount of time billed for each of those services.

§ 203

Amended by Stats. 1971, Ch. 716.

The amount of the warrant shall be remitted to the State Treasurer by the department for credit to the Consumer Affairs Fund. The department shall pay all of its necessary administrative expenses out of the Consumer Affairs Fund.

§ 204

Amended by Stats. 1971, Ch. 716.

A sum, not to exceed 1 percent of the total amount appropriated for all of the boards herein mentioned may be withdrawn from the Consumer Affairs Fund without at the time furnishing vouchers and itemized statements. This sum shall be used as a revolving fund where cash advances are necessary, and at the close of each biennium, or at any other time, upon demand of the Department of Finance, shall be accounted for and substantiated by vouchers and itemized statements submitted to and audited by the State Controller.

§ 205

§ 205.1

Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 32, Sec. 4. (SB 837) Effective June 27, 2016.

Notwithstanding subdivision (a) of Section 205, the Medical Cannabis Regulation and Safety Act Fund is a special fund within the Professions and Vocations Fund, and is subject to subdivision (b) of Section 205.

§ 205.2

Added by Stats. 2019, Ch. 865, Sec. 4. (AB 1519) Effective January 1, 2020.

Whenever any reference is made in any provision of this code to the “State Dental Assistant Fund,” it means the State Dentistry Fund. All moneys within the State Dental Assistant Fund shall be deposited into the State Dentistry Fund by July 1, 2022. On July 1, 2022, the State Dental Assistant Fund shall be abolished.

§ 205.3

Added by Stats. 2020, Ch. 121, Sec. 2. (AB 896) Effective September 24, 2020.

Whenever any reference is made in any provision of this code to the “Dispensing Opticians Fund,” it means the Optometry Fund. All moneys within the Dispensing Opticians Fund shall be deposited into the Optometry Fund by July 1, 2022. On July 1, 2022, the Dispensing Opticians Fund shall be abolished.

§ 206

Added by Stats. 1994, Ch. 26, Sec. 12. Effective March 30, 1994.

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any person tendering a check for payment of a fee, fine, or penalty that was subsequently dishonored, shall not be granted a license, or other authority that they were seeking, until the applicant pays the amount outstanding from the dishonored payment together with the applicable fee, including any delinquency fee. The board may require the person whose check was returned unpaid to make payment of all fees by cashier’s check or money order.

§ 207

Amended by Stats. 2015, Ch. 428, Sec. 3. (AB 177) Effective January 1, 2016.

(a)Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the money in any fund described in Section 205 that is attributable to administrative fines, civil penalties, and criminal penalties imposed by a regulating entity, or cost recovery by a regulating entity from enforcement actions and case settlements, shall not be continuously appropriated. The money in each fund that is not continuously appropriated shall be available for expenditure as provided in this code only upon appropriation by the Legislature.

(b)Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the annual Budget Act may appropriate, in a single budget item for each individual fund described in subdivision (a) of Section 205, the

entire amount available for expenditure in the budget year for that fund. That appropriation may include funds that are continuously appropriated and funds that are not continuously appropriated.

§ 208

Amended (as amended by Stats. 2024, Ch. 497, Sec. 5) by Stats. 2025, Ch. 67, Sec. 4. (AB 1170) Effective January 1, 2026.

(a)Beginning April 1, 2025, a Controlled Substance Utilization Review and Evaluation System (CURES) fee of fifteen dollars ($15) shall be assessed annually on each of the licensees specified in subdivision (b) to pay the reasonable costs associated with operating and maintaining CURES for the purpose of regulating those licensees. The fee assessed pursuant to this subdivision shall be billed and collected by the regulating agency of each licensee at the time of the licensee’s license renewal. If the reasonable regulatory cost of operating and maintaining CURES is less than fifteen dollars ($15) per licensee, the Department of Consumer Affairs, by regulation, may reduce the fee established by this section to the reasonable regulatory cost.

(b)(1) Licensees authorized pursuant to Section 11150 of the Health and Safety Code to prescribe, order, administer, furnish, or dispense Schedule II, Schedule III, or Schedule IV controlled substances or pharmacists licensed pursuant to Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 4000) of Division 2.

(2)Licensees issued a license that has been placed in a retired or inactive status pursuant to a statute or regulation are exempt from the CURES fee requirement in subdivision (a). This exemption shall not apply to licensees whose license has been placed in a retired or inactive status if the licensee is at any time authorized to prescribe, order, administer, furnish, or dispense Schedule II, Schedule III, or Schedule IV controlled substances.

(3)Wholesalers, third-party logistics providers, nonresident wholesalers, and nonresident third-party logistics providers of dangerous

drugs licensed pursuant to Article 11 (commencing with Section 4160) of Chapter 9 of Division 2.

(4)Nongovernmental clinics licensed pursuant to Article 13 (commencing with Section 4180) and Article 14 (commencing with Section 4190) of Chapter 9 of Division 2.

(5)Nongovernmental pharmacies licensed pursuant to Article 7 (commencing with Section 4110) of Chapter 9 of Division 2.

(c)The funds collected pursuant to subdivision (a) shall be deposited in the CURES Fund, which is hereby created within the State Treasury. Moneys in the CURES Fund, upon appropriation by the Legislature, shall be available to the Department of Consumer Affairs to reimburse the Department of Justice for costs to operate and maintain CURES for the purposes of regulating the licensees specified in subdivision (b).

(d)The Department of Consumer Affairs shall contract with the Department of Justice on behalf of the Medical Board of California, the Dental Board of California, the California State Board of Pharmacy, the California Veterinary Medical Board, the Board of Registered Nursing, the Physician Assistant Board, the Osteopathic Medical Board of California, the California Board of Naturopathic Medicine, the State Board of Optometry, and the Podiatric Medical Board of California to operate and maintain CURES for the purposes of regulating the licensees specified in subdivision (b).

(e)This section shall become operative on April 1, 2025.

§ 209

Amended by Stats. 2019, Ch. 677, Sec. 2. (AB 528) Effective January 1, 2020.

The Department of Justice, in conjunction with the Department of Consumer Affairs and the boards and committees identified in subdivision (d) of Section 208, shall do all of the following:

(a)Identify and implement a streamlined application and approval process to provide access to the CURES Prescription Drug Monitoring Program (PDMP) database for licensed health care practitioners eligible to prescribe, order, administer, furnish, or dispense Schedule II, Schedule III, or Schedule IV controlled substances and for pharmacists. Every reasonable effort shall be made to implement a streamlined application and approval process that a licensed health care practitioner or pharmacist can complete at the time that

they are applying for licensure or renewing their license.

(b)Identify necessary procedures to enable licensed health care practitioners and pharmacists with access to the CURES PDMP to delegate their authority to access reports from the CURES PDMP.

(c)Develop a procedure to enable health care practitioners who do not have a federal Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) number to opt out of applying for access to the CURES

PDMP.

§ 210

Amended by Stats. 2019, Ch. 351, Sec. 46. (AB 496) Effective January 1, 2020.

(a)(1) The department may enter into a contract with a vendor for the BreEZe system, the integrated, enterprisewide enforcement case management and licensing system described in the department’s strategic plan, no sooner than 30 days after notification in writing to the chairpersons of the Appropriations Committees of each house of the Legislature and the Chairperson of the Joint Legislative Budget Committee.

(2)The amount of BreEZe system vendor contract funds, authorized pursuant to this section, shall be consistent with the project costs approved by the office of the State Chief Information Officer based on its review and approval of the most recent BreEZe Special

Project Report to be submitted by the department prior to contract award at the conclusion of procurement activities.

(3)Paragraph (2) shall apply to all Budget Act items for the department that have an appropriation for the BreEZe system.

(b)(1) If the department enters into a contract with a vendor for the BreEZe system pursuant to subdivision (a), the department shall, by December 31, 2014, submit to the Legislature, the Senate Committee on Business, Professions and Economic Development, the Assembly Committee on Business and Professions, and the budget committees of each house, a report analyzing the workload of licensing personnel employed by boards within the department participating in the BreEZe system.

(2)A report to the Legislature pursuant to this subdivision shall be submitted in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code.

(3)This subdivision shall become inoperative on December 1, 2018, pursuant to Section 10231.5 of the Government Code.

(c)(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, upon the request of the Department of Consumer Affairs, the Department of Finance may augment the budgets of the boards, bureaus, commissions, committees, programs, and divisions that comprise the Department of Consumer Affairs, as defined in Section 101, for expenditure of non-General Fund moneys to pay BreEZe project costs. The augmentation may be made no sooner than 30 days after notification in writing to the chairpersons of the committees in each

house of the Legislature that consider appropriations and the Chairperson of the Joint Legislative Budget Committee, or no sooner than whatever lesser time the chairperson of the joint committee may in each instance determine. The amount of funds augmented pursuant to the authority of this subdivision shall be consistent with project cost increases approved by the Secretary of California Technology based on the secretary’s review and approval of the most recent BreEZe Special Project Report to be submitted at the conclusion of procurement activities. This subdivision shall apply to all Budget Act items for the boards, bureaus, commissions, committees, programs, and divisions that comprise the Department of Consumer Affairs, as defined in Section 101, that have an appropriation for the BreEZe system in the Budget Act of 2011.

(2)This

subdivision shall become inoperative upon enactment of the Budget Act of 2012.

§ 211

Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 615, Sec. 4. (AB 474) Effective January 1, 2022. Operative January 1, 2023, pursuant to Section 463 of Stats. 2021, Ch. 615.

If the department hires a third-party consultant to assess the department’s operations, the department shall, promptly upon receipt of the consultant’s final report on that assessment, submit that report to the appropriate policy committees of the Legislature after omitting any information that is not subject to disclosure under the California Public Records Act (Division 10 (commencing with Section 7920.000) of Title 1 of the Government Code).