2005 California Business and Professions Code Sections 900 CHAPTER 1.5. EXEMPTION FROM LICENSURE

900.  (a) Nothing in this division applies to a health care
practitioner licensed in another state or territory of the United
States who offers or provides health care for which he or she is
licensed, if the health care is provided only during a state of
emergency  as defined in subdivision (b) of Section 8558 of the
Government Code, which emergency overwhelms the response capabilities
of California health care practitioners and only upon the request of
the Director of the Emergency Medical Services Authority.
   (b) The director shall be the medical control and shall designate
the licensure and specialty health care practitioners required for
the specific emergency and shall designate the areas to which they
may be deployed.
   (c) Health care practitioners shall provide, upon request, a valid
copy of a professional license and a photograph identification
issued by the state in which the practitioner holds licensure before
being deployed by the director.
   (d) Health care practitioners deployed pursuant to this chapter
shall provide the appropriate California licensing authority with
verification of licensure upon request.
   (e) Health care practitioners providing health care pursuant to
this chapter shall have immunity from liability for services rendered
as specified in Section 8659 of the Government Code.
   (f) For the purposes of this chapter, "health care practitioner"
means any person who engages in acts which are the subject of
licensure or regulation under this division or under any initiative
act referred to in this division.
   (g) For purposes of this chapter, "director" means the Director of
the Emergency Medical Services Authority who shall have the powers
specified in Division 2.5 (commencing with Section 1797) of the
Health and Safety Code.