Any one interested in pursuing a license in state of California?

[CA advocate]

This is an update. I am currently interested in serious individuals whom are finished with their residency training or are currently in residency program. I am to pursue this legally to obtain medical licensure in the state of California. Please serious individuals respond to this. Thanks!

[ol' man]

No. Too many nuts there.

[IMG X-Files]

What are your plans ? are you a spartan graduate ? Are you ECFMG Certified ?

Regards,

[PathOne]

Best of luck. So what's the plan? Lobby for a calif ballot which would make licensing of Spartan grads mandatory?

This mostly sounds like an easy and fairly quick way to make some lawyers even richer. But do keep us posted...

[teratos]

Update?
CA is a state, and as such has the right to regulate it's medical system as it sees fit. Good luck. G

[ASIANDOC]

California is not the only issue these days,many states are judging grads based on the school of graduation,Colorado calls all carribean schools including St Georges "questionable schools",Texas eliminated all carribean schools except Ross from the approval list,Indiana catagorize carribean schools as "may be approved like the big 3" questionable like SABA,and disapproved like SMU & Spartan,and the list goes on.
In short if all carribean grads do not unite and request to be treated based on credentials then many states will continue to create certain rules specifically for them and get away with it in the name of "public safety" as if the public is really safe from those third world countries in Africa and other regions.No such thing is a carribean school[the for profit ones]is approved in ALL states.

[PathOne]

Ehh, to my knowledge, the rules and procedures of the Calif medical board has been challenged several times in court. And the board has consistently prevalied. States have significant control of certain things, one of them being public health. That's why e.g. malpractise liability varies considerably from state to state. Similarily, states have freedom to create, interpret and enforce their own laws and procedures regarding the licensure of medical personnel. Thats why California can have a approved/disapproved list; New York can have specific rules for which schools can have rotations in-state in excess of 12 weeks; Texas can have an approved list; Kansas can have a minimum school age rule etc etc etc. In fact, nothing prevents a state from banning non-citizens, or grads from non-LCME schools, if they should so desire.

All of this is, as has been proven in court on numerous occations, perfectly legal. For all concerned, the easiest would perhaps be national rules and guidelines applicable in all 50 states+territories. However, that would either require that the federal government should take over licensing, which I'm sure the states would be less than thrilled about, or that states agree to common guidelines, which at best would be a very lengthy and unpredictable process.

But back to the OP: I'm sure that a lawyer, if given enough money, would try to find a loophole to force the Calif med board into licensing someone they don't want to license. However, any and all attempts to try to force the board to admit grads from schools they don't want to admit in Calif has so far failed miserably. But if you want to enable a lawyer to switch last year's BMW to the current year model, go ahead and spend a fortune fighting the Calif med board. I'm sure they're ready and prepared for such a fight.