California Business and Professions Code 2497 – (a) The board may order the denial of an application for, or the …
(a) The board may order the denial of an application for, or the suspension of, or the revocation of, or the imposition of probationary conditions upon, a certificate to practice podiatric medicine for any of the causes set forth in Article 12 (commencing with Section 2220) in accordance with Section 2222.
(b) The board may hear all matters, including but not limited to, any contested case or may assign any such matters to an administrative law judge. The proceedings shall be held in accordance with Section 2230. If a contested case is heard by the board itself, the administrative law judge who presided at the hearing shall be present during the board’s consideration of the case and shall assist and advise the board.
Terms Used In California Business and Professions Code 2497
- Board: means the Podiatric Medical Board of California. See California Business and Professions Code 2461
- certificate: as used in this chapter are deemed to be synonomous. See California Business and Professions Code 2040
- podiatric medicine: means the diagnosis, medical, surgical, mechanical, manipulative, and electrical treatment of the human foot, including the ankle and tendons that insert into the foot and the nonsurgical treatment of the muscles and tendons of the leg governing the functions of the foot. See California Business and Professions Code 2472
(Amended by Stats. 1987, Ch. 1413, Sec. 4.)