(a) In addition to other requirements of this chapter, before a physician’s and surgeon’s license may be issued, each applicant, including an applicant applying pursuant to Article 5 (commencing with Section 2100), shall show by evidence satisfactory to the board that he or she has successfully completed at least 36 months of board-approved postgraduate training.
(b) The postgraduate training required by this section shall include at least four months of general medicine and shall be obtained in a postgraduate training program approved by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME), the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada (RCPSC), or the College of Family Physicians of Canada (CFPC).
(c) An applicant who has completed at least 36 months of board-approved postgraduate training, not less than 24 months of which was completed as a resident after receiving a medical degree from a combined dental and medical degree program accredited by the Commission on Dental Accreditation (CODA) or approved by the board, shall be eligible for licensure.
(d) This section shall become operative on January 1, 2020.
(Repealed (in Sec. 48) and added by Stats. 2017, Ch. 775, Sec. 49. (SB 798) Effective January 1, 2018. Section operative January 1, 2020, by its own provisions.)
Last modified: October 25, 2018