AB 489: Health care professions: deceptive terms or letters: artificial intelligence.

This bill would add new provisions to the existing laws related to the healing arts, specifically focusing on the use of artificial intelligence (AI) and generative AI technology in healthcare. The bill would make it a crime for entities that develop or deploy AI or generative AI technology to use certain terms, letters, or phrases in their advertising or functionality that imply possession of a healthcare license or certificate. These prohibited terms include those that suggest AI or generative AI technology is providing advice, care, reports, or assessments by a natural person with the appropriate healthcare license or certificate. The bill would make a violation of these provisions subject to the jurisdiction of the appropriate healthcare profession board, and each use of a prohibited term would be punishable as a separate violation. The bill would also require healthcare facilities,…