California Code
ARTICLE 19 - Disciplinary Proceedings
Section 4313.

4313. In determining whether to grant an application for licensure or whether to discipline or reinstate a license, the board shall give consideration to evidence of rehabilitation. However, public protection shall take priority over rehabilitation and, where evidence of rehabilitation and public protection are in conflict, public protection shall take precedence.

(Added by Stats. 1997, Ch. 549, Sec. 123. Effective January 1, 1998.)