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The Medical Board of California (MBC) is a state government agency which licenses and disciplines physicians, surgeons and certain allied healthcare professionals in California. The Board provides two principal types of services to consumers: (1) public-record information about California-licensed physicians, and (2) investigation of complaints ...
A National Provider Identifier ( NPI) is a unique 10-digit identification number issued to health care providers in the United States by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). The NPI has replaced the Unique Physician Identification Number (UPIN) as the required identifier for Medicare services, and is used by other payers ...
The California Medical Association (CMA) issued MD degrees to all DOs in the state of California for a nominal fee. "By attending a short seminar and paying $65, a doctor of osteopathy (DO) could obtain an MD degree; 86 percent of the DOs in the state (out of a total of about 2000) chose to do so."
Reader Les Compton asked The Sacramento Bee’s service journalism team, which focuses on helping the community navigate daily life: “I need to renew my California Real ID driver’s license.
A valid DEA number consists of: 2 letters, 6 numbers, and 1 check digit. The first letter is a code identifying the type of registrant (see below) The second letter is the first letter of the registrant's last name, or "9" for registrants using a business address instead of name. Of the seven digits that follow, the seventh digit is a "checksum ...
Law. Category. v. t. e. A medical license is an occupational license that permits a person to legally practice medicine. In most countries, a person must have a medical license bestowed either by a specified government-approved professional association or a government agency before they can practice medicine.
The Oregon Medical Marijuana Act, a law in the U.S. state of Oregon, was established by Oregon Ballot Measure 67 in 1998, passing with 54.6% support. It modified state law to allow the cultivation, possession, and use of marijuana by doctor recommendation for patients with certain medical conditions.
The United States Medical Licensing Examination ( USMLE) is a three-step examination program for medical licensure in the United States sponsored by the Federation of State Medical Boards (FSMB) and the National Board of Medical Examiners (NBME). [9] Physicians with a Doctor of Medicine (MD) degree are required to pass the USMLE for medical ...