California Business And Professions Code Section 2096

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), shall show by evidence satisfactory to the Division of Licensing that he or she has satisfactorily completed at least one year of postgraduate training, which includes at least four months of general medicine, in an approved postgraduate training program. 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.