Physicians and surgeons: foreign medical graduates: special faculty permits.

Existing law, the Medical Practice Act, prohibits the practice of medicine without a physician's and surgeon's certificate issued by the Medical Board of California through its Division of Licensing. Under existing law, any person who meets certain eligibility requirements, including, but not limited to, the requirement that the person is academically eminent, as defined, may apply for a special faculty permit that authorizes the holder to practice medicine, without a physician's and surgeon's certificate, within the medical school itself and certain affiliated institutions. The act also authorizes physicians who are not citizens who meet certain eligibility requirements and who seek…