AB 768

Under current law, the Medical Examining Board (MEB) licenses physicians

and physician assistants, and the Board of Nursing (BON) licenses nurses and

certifies advanced practice nurses to be authorized to issue prescription orders

(APRN prescribers). Current law requires examining boards, including MEB and

BON, to promulgate rules for their own guidance and for the guidance of the trade

or profession to which they pertain, and to define and enforce professional conduct

and unethical practices not inconsistent with the law relating to the particular trade

or profession.

This bill specifically requires both MEB and BON to promulgate rules

regarding best practices for the diagnosis and treatment of Lyme disease, as defined

in the bill, by physicians, physician assistants, and APRN prescribers and requires

those rules to specifically address the diagnosis and treatment of cases of late stage,

persistent, or chronic cases of Lyme disease, or of complications related to such cases.