CA SB387

National Cancer Institute-designated comprehensive cancer centers can now qualify as academic medical centers for special faculty permits by training only 25 resident or fellow physicians annually, compared to 250 required for other facilities

National Cancer Institute-designated comprehensive cancer centers are exempt from the Western Association of Schools and Colleges accreditation requirement, though they must still have Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education accreditation

The Medical Board of California may now approve up to 5 special faculty permit applications per academic medical center per calendar year, rather than 5 total across all academic medical centers

The representative for academic medical centers on the review committee must be from a facility that trains at least 250 resident physicians annually in accredited residencies

Special faculty permits allow holders to practice medicine without a standard physician's and surgeon's certificate, but only within the medical school, academic medical center, or affiliated institutions where they provide instruction