CA Bus & Prof Code Section 2168

(a)

A special faculty permit authorizes the holder to practice medicine only within the medical school itself and any affiliated institution in which the permitholder is providing instruction as part of the medical school’s educational program and for which the medical school has assumed direct responsibility. The holder of a special faculty permit shall not engage in the practice of medicine except as provided above.

(b)

Time spent in a faculty position under a special faculty permit shall not be counted toward the postgraduate training required for licensure and shall not qualify the holder of the permit for waiver of any written examination required for licensure.

(c)

The medical school shall not appoint the holder of a special faculty permit to a position as a division chief or head of a department without express written authorization from the division.