920.  This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Health
Care Professional Disaster Response Act.



921.  (a) The Legislature finds and declares the following:
   (1) In times of national or state disasters, a shortage of
qualified health care practitioners may exist in areas throughout the
state where they are desperately required to respond to public
health emergencies.
   (2) Health care practitioners with lapsed or inactive licenses
could potentially serve in those areas where a shortage of qualified
health care practitioners exists, if licensing requirements were
streamlined and fees curtailed.
   (b) It is, therefore, the intent of the Legislature to address
these matters through the provisions of the Health Care Professional
Disaster Response Act.



922.  (a) A physician and surgeon who satisfies the requirements of
Section 2439 but whose license has been expired for less than five
years may be licensed under this chapter.
   (b) To be licensed under this chapter, a physician and surgeon
shall complete an application, on a form prescribed by the Medical
Board of California, and submit it to the board, along with the
following:
   (1) Documentation that the applicant has completed the continuing
education requirements described in Article 10 (commencing with
Section 2190) of Chapter 5 for each renewal period during which the
applicant was not licensed.
   (2) A complete set of fingerprints as required by Sections 144 and
2082, together with the fee required for processing those
fingerprints.
   (c) An applicant shall not be required to pay any licensing,
delinquency, or penalty fees for the issuance of a license under this
chapter.