California Business and Professions Code 2064.8 – (a) Notwithstanding subdivision (a) of Section 2064.7, the board …
(a) Notwithstanding subdivision (a) of Section 2064.7, the board may issue a postgraduate training license to an applicant who has committed minor violations that the board deems, in its discretion, do not merit the denial of a postgraduate training license or require probationary status under Section 2064.7, and may concurrently issue a public letter of reprimand. The public reprimand may include a requirement that the licensee complete relevant educational courses approved by the board.
(b) A public letter of reprimand issued concurrently with a postgraduate training license shall be purged three years from the date of issuance.
Terms Used In California Business and Professions Code 2064.8
- board: as used in this chapter means the Medical Board of California. See California Business and Professions Code 2002
- license: means license, certificate, registration, or other means to engage in a business or profession regulated by this code or referred to in Section 1000 or 3600. See California Business and Professions Code 23.7
- licensee: as used in this chapter means the holder of a physician's and surgeon's certificate or doctor of podiatric medicine's certificate, as the case may be, who is engaged in the professional practice authorized by the certificate under the jurisdiction of the appropriate board. See California Business and Professions Code 2041
- Subdivision: means a subdivision of the section in which that term occurs, unless some other section is expressly mentioned. See California Business and Professions Code 15
(c) A public letter of reprimand issued pursuant to this section shall be disclosed to an inquiring member of the public and shall be posted on the board’s Internet Web site until purged consistent with this section.
(d) Nothing in this section shall be construed to affect the board’s authority to issue an unrestricted postgraduate training license.
(e) This section shall become operative on January 1, 2020.
(Added by Stats. 2017, Ch. 775, Sec. 27. (SB 798) Effective January 1, 2018. Section operative January 1, 2020, by its own provisions.)