(a) A license that is not renewed within five years after its expiration shall not be renewed, restored, reinstated, or reissued thereafter, but the holder of the license may apply for and obtain a new license if the following requirements are satisfied:
(1) No fact, circumstance, or condition exists which would justify denial of licensure under Section 480.
(2) The licenseholder pays all of the fees that would be required if the licenseholder were then applying for the license for the first time and all renewal and delinquency fees that have accrued since the date on which the licenseholder last renewed the license.
(3) The licenseholder takes and passes the examination, if any, that would be required if the licenseholder were then applying for the license for the first time, or otherwise establishes to the satisfaction of the board that with due regard for the public interest, the licenseholder is qualified to practice the profession or activity in which the licenseholder again seeks to be licensed.
(4) The licenseholder applies for licensure, as a new applicant, through one of the available licensing pathways under this division and meets all the requirements for licensure outlined therein.
(b) The board may impose conditions on any license issued pursuant to this section, as it deems necessary.
(c) The board may by regulation provide for the waiver or refund of all or any part of the examination fee in those cases in which a license is issued without an examination under this section.
(Amended by Stats. 2019, Ch. 865, Sec. 45. (AB 1519) Effective January 1, 2020.)