Additional California Medical License Service Information: If Physician has negatives then the process will be extended and could be problematic. If a Physician has a clean history, the California will be a smooth process with licensure times that stay in line with other Medical Boards. Once a rejection is issued there seems to be little or no recourse to remedy the problem in the courts. Typically no hearing is required and the rejection can be arbitrary. It seems that the Board has the ability to reject/deny an application based solely on the reviewer's opinion for any negative found/disclosed about the Doctor's file.
There is a lack of recourse with CA Medical Board decisions. For Physicians with negative information, the CA Med Board can be problematic. Most hospitals do not have clerkshp records and thus the process is considerably delayed. Each Clinical Clerkship has to be verified through the Department. The exception to this rule are Foreign Trained Doctors who completed US Based Clinical Clerkships during their fourth or fifth year. The majority of our clients are complete at first review and thus receive the license 5 to 10 days later.
In the event that a verification is rejected, lost (USPS or CA ) while in transit, or never received by California then a letter is sent to the Doctor detailing what items are still needed. With most physicians once a reviewer is assigned, then the license is issued 2 to 6 weeks later. California has a strict policy against contacting the California Medical Board prior to this waiting period. After the California Medical Board application is submitted, the Verifications have been requested, the Doctor/ will wait until 30 to 45 days have passed before contacting the State Board. Our California Medical License Service has handled 5000 California Applications since 2001 and not one has been rejected. However with the LiveScan process, the report is submitted to California Medical Board 3 days after the Scan takes place. If this happens then new cards must be submitted and the process is extended another 2 to 4 months. The FBI Fingerprint Cards are rejected 10 to 15% because the prints are smudged, low quality, or indistinguishable. The license will not be issued until the FBI report is returned to California. Why? Fingerprint cards take 2 to 4 months to process. highly recommends that the Physician travel to California to complete the LiveScan process instead of submitting Fingerprint Cards. The Med Board of CA requires that each Physician submit a set of Fingerprint cards or travel to California to complete the LiveScan process. First we will cover the process of licensing with the Med Board of CA. There is good cause for this but we believe that this reputation is overstated. The Board shall not be responsible for any errors or omissions, or for the use or results obtained from the use of this information.The California Medical Board has a reputation for being a difficult State Medical Boards in which to obtain a license.
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