Cal. Business and Professions Code § 2096 : California Business And Professions Code — Healing Arts — Medicine — Requirements For Licensure — Postgraduate training Date: 15 Sep 2016 TEXT PDF Current through the 2016 Legislative Session (a) In addition to other requirements of this chapter, before a physician's and surgeon's license may be issued, each applicant, including an applicant applying pursuant to Article 5 (commencing with Section 2100), except as provided in subdivision (b), shall show by evidence satisfactory to the board that he or she has satisfactorily completed at least one year of postgraduate training. (b) An applicant applying pursuant to Section 2102 shall show by evidence satisfactory to the board that he or she has satisfactorily completed at least two years of postgraduate training. (c) The postgraduate training required by this section shall include at least four months of general medicine and shall be obtained in a postgraduate training program approved by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) or the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada (RCPSC). (d) The amendments made to this section at the 1987 portion of the 1987-88 session of the Legislature shall not apply to applicants who completed their one year of postgraduate training on or before July 1, 1990. Ca. Bus. and Prof. Code § 2096 Amended by Stats 2010 ch 653 (SB 1489),s 3, eff. 1/1/2011. Amended by Stats 2009 ch 308 (SB 819),s 13, eff. 1/1/2010.