Section 127760 Of Chapter 1. Health Professions Planning From California Health And Safety Code >> Division 107. >> Part 3. >> Chapter 1.
127760
. The Legislature finds and declares that:
(a) Planning for appropriate supplies and distribution of health
care personnel is essential to assure the continued health and
well-being of the people of the state and also to contain excess
costs that may result from unnecessary training and underutilization
of health care personnel.
(b) The information on physicians and surgeons collected by the
Medical Board of California, in cooperation with the office, and
under the authority of Sections 921 and 923 of the Business and
Professions Code, has proven to be valuable for health manpower
planning purposes. It is the intent of the Legislature, through this
article, to provide for the efficient collection and analysis of
similar information on other major categories of healing arts
licentiates, in order to facilitate the development of the biennial
health manpower plan and other reports and program activities of the
office.
(c) It is the intent of the Legislature that the data transmitted
to the office by the various boards be processed by the boards so
that licentiates are not identified by name or license number.