California license question

[cali-ob]

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Has anyone applied for a California license after switching specialties?
Did you have any difficulty because of having to answer "yes" to saying you resigned from a program? My situation was very straightforward, no disciplinary action involved, just changed specialties. I don't want this to hold things up.

 

[gutonc]

Has anyone applied for a California license after switching specialties?
Did you have any difficulty because of having to answer "yes" to saying you resigned from a program? My situation was very straightforward, no disciplinary action involved, just changed specialties. I don't want this to hold things up.

I assume there's a place to explain your answer if you answer yes, correct? "I changed specialties. Left my prior program in good standing." Nobody will care and it won't hold up your app (any more than the simple act of applying for a license in CA does...what's the turnaround time right now? Is it still 6+ months for uncomplicated apps?).

If you want to see your application held up (like forever) go ahead and lie on the application (say no).

 

[dragonfly99]

The wait time on processing applications has gone down now, I heard.
They apparently fired a bunch of people @the licensing board and hired more new ones.
Would think that switching specialties, if no disciplinary action,would cause minimal if any delays. I heard that the biggest delay is in processing your fingerprints.

 

[pgg]

They apparently fired a bunch of people @the licensing board and hired more new ones.

That's good news.

Those clowns told me that because I wasn't graduating from a CA residency program, my application wasn't a priority. They were working so hard to get the CA grads licensed by the end of June, so I could wait, and I did, until July 31st. (I submitted my application in January.)

 

[cartoondoc]

I heard that the biggest delay is in processing your fingerprints.

YES. I had to do fingerprinting twice. Damn handwashing, wiped my prints right off.

Usually when you apply for a license and check yes to one of the "bad" questions, you have to also submit a letter from your former PD with an explanation. If they don't say anything horrible (like that you were fired for being grossly negligent), you should be fine. Lots of people switch specialties.

 

[buckley]

For international graduates applying to California for FELLOWSHIP (NOT residency), is the california PTAL still required or can we just apply for a california license?