Cal. BPC § 2456.2
This is the official text of Cal. BPC § 2456.2, part of California’s Business and Professions Code — regulates business practices and professional/occupational licensing - contractors, doctors, cosmetologists, real estate agents, and dozens of other licensed professions.
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Official statutory text
(a) The board shall notify in writing by certified mail, return receipt requested, any physician and surgeon who does not renew his or her license within 60 days from its date of expiration.
(b) Any licensee who does not renew his or her expired license on or before its date of expiration shall pay all the following fees:
(1) The renewal fee in effect at the time of renewal.
(2) The delinquency fee required by Section 2455.
(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the renewal of any expired physician’s and surgeon’s license within six months from its date of expiration shall be retroactive to the date of expiration of that license.
(b) Any licensee who does not renew his or her expired license on or before its date of expiration shall pay all the following fees:
(1) The renewal fee in effect at the time of renewal.
(2) The delinquency fee required by Section 2455.
(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the renewal of any expired physician’s and surgeon’s license within six months from its date of expiration shall be retroactive to the date of expiration of that license.
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