BILL NUMBER: SB 1232	CHAPTERED  08/21/06

	CHAPTER  133
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  AUGUST 21, 2006
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  AUGUST 21, 2006
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 10, 2006
	PASSED THE SENATE  APRIL 27, 2006

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Runner

                        FEBRUARY 6, 2006

   An act to amend Section 2135.5 of the Business and Professions
Code, relating to physicians and surgeons.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 1232, Runner  Division of Licensing: out-of-state physicians
and surgeons.
   Existing law, the Medical Practice Act, establishes the
requirements for issuance of a physician and surgeon's certificate by
the Division of Licensing of the Medical Board of California. Under
existing law, the Division of Licensing may determine that an
applicant who holds an unlimited and unrestricted license as a
physician and surgeon in another state and who meets other specified
criteria satisfies the curriculum, clinical instruction, and
examination requirements for a physician and surgeon's certificate.
   This bill would require that the applicant be licensed by the
other state for a period of at least 4 years and would require the
applicant to satisfy other criteria before the division could
determine his or her compliance with the curriculum, clinical
instruction, and examination requirements.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:


  SECTION 1.  Section 2135.5 of the Business and Professions Code is
amended to read:
   2135.5.  Upon review and recommendation, the Division of Licensing
may determine that an applicant for a physician and surgeon's
certificate has satisfied the medical curriculum requirements of
Section 2089, the clinical instruction requirements of Sections
2089.5 and 2089.7, and the examination requirements of Section 2170
if the applicant meets all of the following criteria:
   (a) He or she holds an unlimited and unrestricted license as a
physician and surgeon in another state and has held that license
continuously for a minimum of four years prior to the date of
application.
   (b) He or she is certified by a specialty board that is a member
board of the American Board of Medical Specialties.
   (c) He or she is not subject to denial of licensure under Division
1.5 (commencing with Section 475) or Article 12 (commencing with
Section 2220).
   (d) He or she has not graduated from a medical school that has
been disapproved by the division or that does not provide a resident
course of instruction.
   (e) He or she has graduated from a medical school recognized by
the division. If the applicant graduated from a medical school that
the division recognized after the date of the applicant's graduation,
the division may evaluate the applicant under its regulations.
   (f) He or she has not been the subject of a disciplinary action by
a medical licensing authority or of an adverse judgment or
settlement resulting from the practice of medicine that, as
determined by the division, constitutes a pattern of negligence or
incompetence.