Upon review and recommendation, the board may determine that an applicant for a physician’s and surgeon’s certificate has satisfied the medical education requirements of Sections 2084 and 2135 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 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 board, constitutes a pattern of negligence or incompetence.
(e) This section shall become operative on January 1, 2020.
(Repealed (in Sec. 65) and added by Stats. 2017, Ch. 775, Sec. 66. (SB 798) Effective January 1, 2018. Section operative January 1, 2020, by its own provisions.)
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