Professions and vocations: healing arts.

Existing law makes it unlawful for a city or county to prohibit a person, authorized by one of the agencies of the Department of Consumer Affairs to engage in a particular business, from engaging in that business, occupation, or profession or any portion thereof. This bill would also make it unlawful for a city, county, or city and county to prohibit a healing arts licensee from engaging in any act or performing any procedure that falls within the professionally recognized scope of practice of that licensee, but would prohibit construing this provision to prohibit the enforcement of a local ordinance in effect prior to January 1, 2010, as specified, or to prohibit the adoption or enforcement of a local ordinance governing zoning, business licensing, or reasonable health and safety requirements, as specified.