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Recent upheavals within health care delivery, technological advances,
and changing attitudes among consumers have challenged and changed hea
lth professions licensure. At the same time, traditional regulatory fr
ameworks remain in place. Beginning with a comparison of California's
physician regulation with other states, we explore this tension betwee
n established regulatory systems and emerging reforms. Current trends
in regulatory reform across the United States and in California includ
e efforts to standardize practice requirements, expand scopes of pract
ice for nonphysicians, and restructure boards. Because of these trends
, medical educators will be expected to prepare physicians to practice
under increased scrutiny and expectations of accountability; promote
interdisciplinary education, training, and practice; and step up the e
fforts toward uniformity in medical education, training, and practice.