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type: "Bill"
title: "Fluoroscopy: temporary permit."
description: "The Radiologic Technology Act makes it unlawful for any licentiate of the healing arts to administer or use diagnostic, mammographic, or therapeutic x-ray on human beings in this state, unless that person is certified by the State Department of Public Health and acting within the scope of that certification. The act requires the department to prescribe minimum qualifications for granting a fluoroscopy permit and continuing education requirements for the holders of that permit. A person who violates a provision of the Radiologic Technology Act or regulation of the department adopted pursuant to that act is guilty of a misdemeanor."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20212022"
identifier: "AB 356"
citation: "California AB 356 (20212022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Fluoroscopy: temporary permit."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chen"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 24
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2021-02-01"
last_action: "2021-10-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/58204ca3-e00f-48df-930d-9063f0ed1342"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB356"
source_hash: "ac74a17ba1ecaca373071b6e2a74254c1a9b1fc7768c82e899091b239547a98e"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
---
# California AB 356 (20212022) — Fluoroscopy: temporary permit.
The Radiologic Technology Act makes it unlawful for any licentiate of the healing arts to administer or use diagnostic, mammographic, or therapeutic x-ray on human beings in this state, unless that person is certified by the State Department of Public Health and acting within the scope of that certification. The act requires the department to prescribe minimum qualifications for granting a fluoroscopy permit and continuing education requirements for the holders of that permit. A person who violates a provision of the Radiologic Technology Act or regulation of the department adopted pursuant to that act is guilty of a misdemeanor.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **02/01/21 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB356&version=20210AB35699INT)
2. **08/26/21 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB356&version=20210AB35698AMD)
3. **09/03/21 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB356&version=20210AB35697AMD)
4. **10/04/21 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB356&version=20210AB35695CHP)
5. **AB356** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB356)
6. **09/13/21 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB356&version=20210AB35696ENR)
## Votes
- AB 356 Chen Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **790** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Business and Professions] — **150** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **160** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB356 Chen et al. By Newman — **380** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **110** (pass) · upper
- Placed on suspense file — **60** (pass) · upper
- AB 356 Chen Assembly Third Reading — **780** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **190** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended — **70** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Chen — primary (person)
- Flora — coauthor (person)
- Santiago — coauthor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2021-02-01** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2021-02-02** From printer. May be heard in committee March 4.
- **2021-02-12** Referred to Coms. on HEALTH and B. & P. `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-07** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on B. & P. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (April 6). Re-referred to Com. on B. & P. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-28** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 19. Noes 0.) (April 27). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2021-05-12** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-20** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (May 20). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-24** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-05-27** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 1600.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2021-05-28** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2021-06-09** Referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-21** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (June 21). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2021-07-05** In committee: Referred to suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2021-08-26** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 26). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2021-08-26** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-08-30** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-09-03** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2021-09-07** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-09-08** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 2535.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2021-09-08** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2021-09-09** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 2971.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-09-17** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2021-10-04** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2021-10-04** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 459, Statutes of 2021. `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/58204ca3-e00f-48df-930d-9063f0ed1342`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).