California Business and Professions Code 3521.3 – (a) The board may establish, by regulation, a system for the …
(a) The board may establish, by regulation, a system for the placement of a license on a retired status, upon application, for a physician assistant who is not actively engaged in practice as a physician assistant or any activity that requires them to be licensed by the board.
(b) No licensee with a license on a retired status shall engage in any activity for which a license is required.
Terms Used In California Business and Professions Code 3521.3
- Board: means the Physician Assistant Board. See California Business and Professions Code 3501
- 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: means any person authorized by a license, certificate, registration, or other means to engage in a business or profession regulated by this code or referred to in Sections 1000 and 3600. See California Business and Professions Code 23.8
- Regulations: means the rules and regulations as set forth in Division 13. See California Business and Professions Code 3501
- 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) The board shall deny an applicant’s application for a retired status license if the license is canceled or if the license is suspended, revoked, or otherwise punitively restricted by the board or subject to disciplinary action under this chapter.
(d) Beginning one year from the effective date of the regulations adopted pursuant to subdivision (a), if an applicant’s license is delinquent, the board shall deny an applicant’s application for a retired status license.
(e) The board shall establish minimum qualifications for a retired status license.
(f) The board may exempt the holder of a retired status license from the renewal requirements described in Section 3524.5.
(g) The board shall establish minimum qualifications for the restoration of a license in a retired status to an active status. These minimum qualifications shall include, but are not limited to, continuing education and payment of a fee as provided in subdivision (c) of Section 3521.1.
(Added by Stats. 2012, Ch. 332, Sec. 54. (SB 1236) Effective January 1, 2013.)