AB 1838, as amended, Bonilla. Healing arts: medical school accreditation.
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 each applicant for a physician’s and surgeon’s certificate to show by official transcript or other official evidence satisfactory to the Division of Licensing that he or she has successfully completed a specified medical curriculum that meets certain clinical instruction requirements extending over a period of at least 4 academic years, or 32 months of actual instruction, in a medical school, as specified.
This bill, notwithstanding any other law, would provide that a medical school or medical school program accredited by the Liaison Committee on Medicalbegin delete Education orend deletebegin insert
Education,end insert the Committee on Accreditation of Canadian Medicalbegin delete Schoolsend deletebegin insert Schools, or the Commission on Osteopathic College Accreditationend insert is deemed to meet the requirements described above.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no. State-mandated local program: no.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
Section 2084.5 is added to the Business and
2Professions Code, to read:
Notwithstanding any other law, a medical school or
4medical school program accredited by the Liaison Committee on
5Medicalbegin delete Education orend deletebegin insert Education,end insert the Committee on Accreditation
6of Canadian Medicalbegin delete Schoolsend deletebegin insert Schools, or the Commission on
7Osteopathic College Accreditationend insert shall be deemed to meet the
8requirements of Sections 2089 and 2089.5.
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