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Before January 2020, medical residents in California attending Medical Board-approved postgraduate training programs did not need a physician and surgeon's license until their third year of residency training.

California Registered Nurses (RNs) have always been required to disclose criminal convictions on license applications and on license renewal applications.

California's attitudes toward drunk driving and the laws reflecting those attitudes, including the laws, policies and regulations of the Medical Board of California, find their roots in the political success of Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD), a private, non-profit organization.

For many years, the Medical Board of California has maintained a list of approved medical schools. All U.S. and Canadian schools, and many foreign medical schools, are approved.  The Medical Board also maintains a list of unapproved medical schools and those not yet approved or accredited.

In light of research abuses committed in the 20th Century such as the Tuskegee Syphilis Study conducted by the U.S. Public Health Service between 1932 and 1972, and radiation experiments conducted during the Cold War, Congress passed the National Research Act of 1974.

After successful completion of diversion or deferred entry of judgment in California under Penal Code sections 1001.9 and 1000.

California RNs often ask the question: "I have a DUI case pending in criminal court and I may go to trial or settle, should I report the case on my license renewal application?"The answer is No.

CEB released the 2017 edition of  California Criminal Law - Procedure & Practice. Adam Slote has authored Chapter 53: "Effect of Criminal Conviction on Professional Licenses” since 2009.

An RN who was convicted of driving under the influence of alcohol called in terror after reading a legal web site which stated:"The Board of Registered Nursing is by far the harshest, with revocation as the recommended discipline for a first time DUI." Fear not! We disagree with this statement.

In Garcetti v. Cevallos, 547 U.S.