CA Bus & Prof Code Section 1718.3

(a)

A license which is not renewed within five years after its expiration may not be renewed, restored, reinstated, or reissued thereafter, but the holder of the license may apply for and obtain a new license if the following requirements are satisfied:

(1)

No fact, circumstance, or condition exists which would justify denial of licensure under Section 480.

(2)

He or she pays all of the fees which would be required of him or her if he or she were then applying for the license for the first time and all renewal and delinquency fees which have accrued since the date on which he or she last renewed his or her license.

(3)

He or she takes and passes the examination, if any, which would be required of him or her if he or she were then applying for the license for the first time, or otherwise establishes to the satisfaction of the board that with due regard for the public interest, he or she is qualified to practice the profession or activity in which he or she again seeks to be licensed.

(b)

The board may impose conditions on any license issued pursuant to this section, as it deems necessary.

(c)

The board may by regulation provide for the waiver or refund of all or any part of the examination fee in those cases in which a license is issued without an examination under this section.