Section 1399.489.1 - Inactive License(a) Any licensee who is not actively engaged in the practice of acupuncture desiring an inactive license under the provisions of Article 9 (commencing with Section 700) of Chapter 1 of Division 2 of the Code or to restore an inactive license to active status shall submit a completed "Active/Inactive License Application" (Rev. 5/08), that is hereby incorporated by reference, to the Board. The applicant need not submit the applicant's certificate or a copy thereof to the Board with the application.(b) To restore an inactive license to active status, the licensee shall have completed a minimum of fifty (50) hours of approved continuing education within the last two (2) years in compliance with this article. At least forty-five (45) hours of continuing education must be in coursework approved as Category 1. In the event a license has been inactive less than one (1) year, a minimum of twenty-five (25) hours of continuing education is required, with at least twenty-two and one half (22.5) hours of coursework approved as Category 1. The licensee shall also have completed four (4) hours of continuing education in law and ethics as part of either the minimum 50 hours or 22.5 hours of continuing education required by this subsection.(c) The inactive status of any licensee shall not deprive the Board of its authority to institute or continue a disciplinary proceeding against a licensee upon any ground provided by law or to enter an order suspending or revoking a license or otherwise taking disciplinary action against the licensee on any such ground.Cal. Code Regs. Tit. 16, § 1399.489.1
Note: Authority cited: Section 4933, Business and Professions Code. Reference: Sections 704 and 4945, Business and Professions Code.
Note: Authority cited: Section 4933, Business and Professions Code. Reference: Sections 704 and 4945, Business and Professions Code.
1. Renumbering and amendment of former section 1399.485 to section 1399.489.1 filed 4-3-95; operative 5-3-95 (Register 95, No. 14).
2. Change without regulatory effect amending subsections (a) and (c) filed 2-17-99 pursuant to section 100, title 1, California Code of Regulations (Register 99, No. 8).
3. Amendment of subsections (a) and (b) filed 8-25-2008; operative 9-24-2008 (Register 2008, No. 35).
4. Change without regulatory effect amending subsections (a) and (c) filed 4-22-2022 pursuant to section 100, title 1, California Code of Regulations (Register 2022, No. 16).
5. Amendment of subsection (b) filed 7-22-2024; operative 10/1/2024 (Register 2024, No. 30).