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SB 1262 Senate Bill-Bill Analysis Page 9 of 18 identification of the cardholder, and a toll-free Department of Public Health telephone number enabling state and local law enforcement officers to immediately verify the card's validity. (Health & Saf. Code, 5 11362.735, subd. (a) .) 12)Prohibits state or local law enforcement officers from refusing to accept an identification card unless the officer has reasonable cause to believe that the card is being used fraudulently or its information is false or fraudulent. (Health & Saf. Code, S 11362.78.) 13)Provides that qualified patients, persons with valid SB 1262 Page 12 identification cards, and their designated primary caregivers who associate in order collectively or cooperatively to cultivate cannabis are not subject to criminal liability on that basis. (Health & Saf. Code, 3 11362.775.) l4)Restricts the location of medical marijuana cooperatives, collectives, or dispensaries to more than 600 from a school, and authorizes cities and counties to further restrict the locations of these establishments. (Health & Saf. Code, § 11362.768, subds. (b) , (f), and (g) .) 15)Allows local governments to adopt and enforce local ordinances that regulate the location, operation, or establishment of a medical marijuana collective or cooperative. (Health & Saf. Code, § 11362.83, subds. (a) and (b) .) 16)Recognizes the authority of cities and counties to make and enforce, within their borders, all local, police, sanitary, and other ordinances and regulations not in conflict with general laws. (Cal. Const., art. XI, sec. 7.) , 17)Licenses and regulates physicians and surgeons under the Medical Practice Act by the Medical Board within DCA. (Bus. & Prof. Code, S 2000 et seq.) 1B)Requires the Medical Board to prioritize its investigative and prosecutorial resources to ensure that physicians representing the greatest threat of harm are identified and disciplined expeditiously and includes in that prioritization list: "Repeated acts of clearly excessive prescribing, furnishing, or administering of controlled substances, or repeated acts of prescribing, dispensing, or furnishing of controlled substances without a good faith prior examination of the patient and medical reason therefor." (Bus. & Prof. Code, S 2220.05.) FISCAL EFFECT Unknown COMMENTS . 1)Author's Statement According to the author, "Since the approval of the Compassionate Use Act (Proposition 215) and passage of SB 420 (2003) no broader, feasible regulatory structure has been established, and the implementation of http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/13-14/bill/sen/sb_1251-1300/sb_1262_cfa_20140626_1I1950_asm_comm.html 7/3/2014