California Decisions

[lacarthic]

I am presently attending St. Matthew's University and like Saba we are up for licensure in California. Unfortunately no one knows if the decision will be reached in November or February. I was wondering if anyone knows when Californa will decide?

[drzed]

I am presently attending St. Matthew's University and like Saba we are up for licensure in California. Unfortunately no one knows if the decision will be reached in November or February. I was wondering if anyone knows when Californa will decide?

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Cheers,

[ResearchingGuy]

Dr. Arthur Maron, Executive Dean at Saba recently spoke to our class and said that Saba is on the agenda for the next California Med Board meeting, but that he expects no decision yet because the site visit team has apparently not completed their report.

Anyway - here's jgilbert63's post from the St. Matt's forum with two good links:
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An FYI for those at St. Matthew's (and Saba) wondering where the approval process stands:

Reference the October 2004 Action Report of the Medical Board of California ( http://www.medbd.ca.gov/08-04actionreport.pdf ).

Immediately following page 12 is the board's 2003-2004 Annual Report. On page ii of the Annual Report, it states,

"During fiscal year 2003-04, the division assembled teams to conduct site inspections of Saba University and St. Matthew's University, both in the Caribbean. Site inspections began in mid-May with St. Matthew's satellite campus in Windham, Maine, extended to Saba University's basic science campus in the Caribbean, back to the states with a visit to four hospitals in Chicago where both Saba and St. Matthew's students complete some third- and fourth-year clinical training, ending with an inspection of St. Matthew's basic sciences campus on Grand Cayman. The teams are expected to present their findings to approve or disapprove these schools to the Division of Licensing at board meeting in the near future."

Per the CA Medical Board's website ( http://www.medbd.ca.gov/meetings.htm ), upcoming meetings are scheduled for:

November 4-5, 2004 in San Diego

and

February 17-18, 2005 in Los Angeles or Riverside.

NOTE: Dates and locations may change.
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Best of Luck!
and I hope St. Matthew's is able to get their campus up and running again soon. Man, it's been a tough hurricane season!