SECTIONS 2153.5 - California Statutes

BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE

SECTION 2153.5

2153.5. Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, the
Osteopathic Medical Board of California shall issue an osteopathic
physician's and surgeon's certificate on reciprocity to an applicant
providing he or she meets the following requirements:
(a) The applicant holds an unlimited license to engage in the
practice of osteopathic medicine in another state whose written
licensing examination is recognized and approved by the board to be
equivalent in content to that administered in California. For the
purposes of this section, the board may recognize and approve as
equivalent, along with other examinations, an examination prepared by
the Federation of State Medical Boards if an applicant had been
licensed in another state as a result of the successful completion,
prior to December 31, 1993, of that examination. In lieu of a board
recognized and approved state written license examination, the board
may require the applicant to successfully complete a special
examination in general medicine and osteopathic principles prepared
by the National Board of Osteopathic Medical Examiners, or the
Osteopathic Medical Board of California. The board may also utilize a
special purpose examination prepared by the Federation of State
Medical Boards.
(b) The board determines that no disciplinary action has been
taken against the applicant by any medical licensing authority and
that the applicant has not been the subject of adverse judgments or
settlements resulting from the practice of medicine that the board
determines constitutes evidence of a pattern of negligence or
incompetence.