Added by Stats. 2014, Ch. 410, Sec. 1. (AB 1702) Effective January 1, 2015.
(a)An individual who has satisfied any of the requirements needed to obtain a license regulated under this division while incarcerated, who applies for that license upon release from incarceration, and who is otherwise eligible for the license shall not be subject to a delay in processing his or her application or a denial of the license solely
on the basis that some or all of the licensure requirements were completed while the individual was incarcerated.
(b)Nothing in this section shall be construed to apply to a petition for reinstatement of a license or to limit the ability of a board to deny a license pursuant to Section 480.
(c)This section shall not apply to the licensure of individuals under the initiative act referred to in Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 1000) of Division 2.
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