In the past (before moca). States Iike California required you to take “entrance exams” if you were more than 10 years out of residency or ur boards. So that served as deterrent to new applicants applying who were more than 10 years out. So once someone was granted a California medical license. You kept paying be active renewal even not practicing in the state. Because it would be a pain to re apply for a California license since more than 10 years out of residency and no moca required.
Just a tidbit for those younger on this forum.
But with moca, you can get California license anytime.
So let it expire and save ur money.
California was also sneaky. Even if u put it on inactive status. To re activate it. You would need to repay all the renewals you would have missed!! So it was better to just keep paying. Lol
California is so bad. Of course it may have changed. I haven’t checked how California does their renewals. I keep paying every 2 years even not practicing in that state.
The big 3. California Texas and Florida. If you have one of those states. Just keep paying like I do. Probably wasting money but they are just huge states where if you are in a jam with work u can get work quickly due to the size of those states