Section 2064.7 - Probationary postgraduate training license(a) The board may deny a postgraduate training license to an applicant guilty of unprofessional conduct or of any cause that would subject a licensee to revocation or suspension of his or her license. The board, in its sole discretion, may issue a probationary postgraduate training license to an applicant subject to terms and conditions, including, but not limited to, any of the following conditions of probation: (1) Limitations on practice.(2) Total or partial restrictions on drug prescribing privileges for controlled substances.(3) Continuing medical or psychiatric treatment.(4) Ongoing participation in a specified rehabilitation program.(5) Abstention from the use of alcohol or drugs.(6) Restrictions against engaging in certain types of medical practice.(7) Compliance with all provisions of this chapter.(8) Payment of the cost of probation monitoring.(b) The decision placing the applicant on probation shall be disclosed to an inquiring member of the public indefinitely and shall be posted on the board's Internet Web site for the period of probation.(c) The board may modify or terminate the terms and conditions imposed on the probationary postgraduate training license after one year upon receipt of a petition from the postgraduate training licensee. The board may assign the petition to an administrative law judge designated in Section 11371 of the Government Code. After a hearing on the petition, the administrative law judge shall provide a proposed decision to the board.(d) The board shall deny a postgraduate training license to an applicant who is required to register pursuant to Section 290 of the Penal Code. This subdivision does not apply to an applicant who is required to register as a sex offender pursuant to Section 290 of the Penal Code solely because of a misdemeanor conviction under Section 314 of the Penal Code.(e) An applicant shall not be eligible to reapply for a postgraduate training license for a minimum of three years from the effective date of the denial of his or her application, except that the board may, in its discretion and for good cause demonstrated, permit reapplication after not less than one year has elapsed from the effective date of the denial.(f) This section shall become operative on January 1, 2020.Ca. Bus. and Prof'l. Code § 2064.7
Added by Stats 2017 ch 775 (SB 798),s 26, eff. 1/1/2018.