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-3— SB 1262 The bill would provide that it shall not supersede provisions of Measure D, as approved by the voters of the City of Los Angeles, as specified. The bill would require the–department bureau to administer and enforce these provisions.The bill would require the dcpartmcnt bureau to establish quality assurance protocols by July 1, 2016, to ensure uniform testing standards of medical marijuana, and would require licensees to comply with these provisions. The bill would further set forth provisions regulating edible marijuana products, as specified. By adding these provisions to the Sherman Food,Drug,and Cosmetic Law, a violation of which is a crime,the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. (2) Existing law,the Medical Practice Act,provides for the licensure and regulation of physicians and surgeons by the Medical Board of California. Existing law requires the board to prioritize investigations and prosecutions of physicians and surgeons representing the greatest threat of harm, as specified. Existing law identifies the cases that are to be given priority,which include cases of repeated acts of excessively prescribing,furnishing,or administering controlled substances without a good faith prior examination of the patient.Existing law provides that a violation of the Medical Practice Act is a crime. This bill would require the board to consult with the Center for Medicinal Cannabis Research on developing and adopting medical guidelines for the appropriate administration and use of marijuana. The bill would also make it a misdemeanor for a physician and surgeon who recommends marijuana to a patient for a medical purpose to accept, solicit, or offer any remuneration from or to a licensed dispensing facility in which the physician and surgeon or his or her immediate family has a financial interest.By creating a new crime,-this the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. The bill would provide that specified acts of recommending marijuana without a good faith examination are among the types of cases that should be given priority for investigation and prosecution by the board, as described above. The bill would further prohibit a Niacin physician and surgeon from recommending medical marijuana to a patient unless that person is the patient's attending physician, as defined. Because a violation of that provision would be a crime, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. (3) Existing law authorizes the legislative body of a city or county to impose various taxes, including a transactions and use tax at a rate 94