Business and Professions Code section 854

Criteria for issuing three-year nonrenewable medical licenses and dental permits under this article shall not be utilized at any time as the standard for issuing a license to practice medicine or a permit to practice dentistry in California on a permanent basis.

Source: Section 854, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=BPC§ionNum=854. (updated Jan. 1, 2003; accessed Nov. 9, 2026).

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Location: https://california.public.law/codes/business_and_professions_code_section_854

Original Source: Section 854, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=BPC§ionNum=854. (last accessed May 12, 2025).