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DIVISION 2. HEALING ARTS 500-4999.129›CHAPTER 5. Medicine 2000-2529.6›ARTICLE 9. Examinations 2170-2186

§ 2183

California Business and Professions Code · 2020-11 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · California

An applicant for a physician’s and surgeon’s certificate shall pass the national examination for medical licensure in biomedical sciences and clinical sciences, including geriatric medicine, determined by the Division of Licensing to be essential for the unsupervised practice of medicine.

An applicant who applies for a physician’s and surgeon’s certificate on or after January 1, 2004, shall have completed coursework in geriatric medicine in medical school or in postgraduate medical education training.

(Amended by Stats. 2000, Ch. 440, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 2001.)

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