The Medical Board of California shall issue, upon the recommendation of the board, a certificate to practice podiatric medicine if the applicant has submitted directly to the board from the credentialing organizations verification that he or she meets all of the following requirements:
(a)
The applicant has graduated from an approved school or college of podiatric medicine and meets the requirements of Section 2483.
(b)
The applicant, within the past 10 years, has passed parts I, II, and III of the examination administered by the National Board of Podiatric Medical Examiners of the United States or has passed a written examination that is recognized by the board to be the equivalent
in content to the examination administered by the National Board of Podiatric Medical Examiners of the United States.
(c)
The applicant has satisfactorily completed the postgraduate training required by Section 2484.
(d)
The applicant has passed within the past 10 years any oral and practical examination that may be required of all applicants by the board to ascertain clinical competence.
(e)
The applicant has committed no acts or crimes constituting grounds for denial of a certificate under Division 1.5 (commencing with Section 475).
(f)
The board determines that no disciplinary action has been taken against the applicant by any podiatric licensing authority and that the applicant has not been the subject of adverse judgments or settlements resulting
from the practice of podiatric medicine that the board determines constitutes evidence of a pattern of negligence or incompetence.
(g)
A disciplinary databank report regarding the applicant is received by the board from the Federation of Podiatric Medical Boards.