Medical licenses.

Existing law, the Medical Practice Act, provides for the licensure and regulation of medical practitioners by the Medical Board of California in the Department of Consumer Affairs. The board may determine that an applicant for a physician and surgeon's certificate has satisfied specified requirements if, among other things, he or she has not been the subject of a disciplinary action by a medical licensing authority. A "medical licensing authority," for purposes of the act, is defined as an officer, board, commission, or department of another state upon whose certificate a reciprocity certificate may be issued. This bill would make a technical, nonsubstantive change to those provisions.