Hi Medic,
First of all, FCVS means nothing in California. California does not require, nor does it accept, anything from FCVS. Don't bother forwarding anything from FCVS to California. They will simply toss it in the trash can (as I was told when I applied for CA licensure several years ago).
California has no "licensure by endorsement" or "licensure by reciprocity" with anyone. So, your NY license will not help in anyway.
BTW, you need to have done a 4-week family practice elective during medical school to qualify for CA licensure -- it's a requirement for any med school graduate, US or foreign. You may be able to fulfill this requirement in residency if you've rotated through FP service -- ask the board directly for details.
I think the most time consuming part for you, if you don't already have them, is the L-6 forms. You will need an L-6 form from every single rotation you've done in medical school -- so you are looking at 10-15 L-6 forms from various places you've rotated through. Those forms also require hospital seal or notary. You will need specific rotation dates and hospital addresses and hospital affiliation information on each form. You can print the form off the CA board website --
www.medbd.ca.gov. Start sending them to hospitals/departments you rotated through during medical school and have them send it back to you. My advice is for you to gather them and send them to the board as an entire package rather than having them sent directly to the board -- less complications in "lost mail" this way. I think this is the most time consuming part for those who have graduated for some time and practice in other states. The clinical rotation forms you filled out for FCVS only has months and years, not specific dates... so that may not help you with filling out L-6's. I think Bay Shore does keep a detailed record of your rotation dates... ask them for a list.
Once all your paperwork is in order, including L-6 and FBI fingerprint returns, it take s about 60 to 90 days for the board to issue the license.
P