- (a) Any doctor of podiatric medicine desiring an inactive license pursuant to 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 an application to the board on a form provided by it. The applicant need not submit his or her certificate or copy thereof to the board with the application.
- (b) “Board” as used in Section 701 of the code means the Podiatric Medical Board of California.
- (c) In order 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 and meet one of the continuing competence pathways in compliance with this article.
- (d) All licensees who are in inactive status shall continue to pay to the board the required biennial renewal fees.
- (e) The inactive status of any licensee shall not deprive the board of its authority to institute or continue a disciplinary proceeding against the licensee upon any ground provided by law or to enter an order suspending or revoking a certificate or otherwise taking disciplinary action against the licensee on any such ground.
Note: Authority cited: Sections 2470 and 2496, Business and Professions Code. Reference: Sections 700-704 and 2529, Business and Professions Code.
History
1. Change without regulatory effect (Register 87, No. 15).
2. Amendment of subsection (c) filed 7-24-2003; operative 8-23-2003 (Register 2003, No. 30).
3. Change without regulatory effect amending subsection (b) filed 8-28-2019 pursuant to section 100, title 1, California Code of Regulations (Register 2019, No. 35).