Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2488

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The board shall issue a certificate to practice podiatric medicine by credentialing if the applicant has submitted directly to the board from the credentialing organizations verification that they are licensed as a doctor of podiatric medicine in any other state and meets all of

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The board shall issue a certificate to practice podiatric medicine by credentialing if the applicant has submitted directly to the board from the credentialing organizations verification that they are licensed as a doctor of podiatric medicine in any other state and meets all of the following requirements:
(a)
The applicant has graduated from an approved school or college of podiatric medicine.
(b)
The applicant has passed either part III of the examination administered by the National Board of Podiatric Medical Examiners of the United States or a written examination that is recognized by the board to be the equivalent in content to the examination administered by the National Board of Podiatric Medical Examiners of the
United States.
(c)
The applicant has satisfactorily completed a postgraduate training program approved by the Council on Podiatric Medical Education.
(d)
The applicant has passed any oral and practical examination that may be required of all applicants by the board to ascertain clinical competence.
(e)
The applicant has committed no acts or crimes constituting grounds for denial of a certificate under Division 1.5 (commencing with Section 475).
(f)
The board determines that no disciplinary action has been taken against the applicant by any podiatric licensing authority and that the applicant has not been the subject of adverse judgments or settlements resulting from the practice of podiatric medicine that the board determines constitutes evidence of a
pattern of negligence or incompetence.
(g)
A disciplinary databank report regarding the applicant is received by the board from the Federation of Podiatric Medical Boards.

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  The board shall issue a certificate to practice podiatric medicine by credentialing if the applicant has submitted directly to the board from the credentialing organizations verification that they are licensed as a doctor of podiatric medicine in any other state and meets all of the following requirements: (a) The a…