In all cases in which a full pardon has been granted by the Governor of this state or will hereafter be granted by the Governor to a person convicted of an offense to which the pardon applies, it shall operate to restore to the convicted person, all the rights, privileges, and franchises of which he or she has been deprived in consequence of that conviction or by reason of any matter involved therein; provided, that nothing herein contained shall abridge or impair the power or authority conferred by law on any board or tribunal to revoke or suspend any right, privilege or franchise for any act or omission not involved in the conviction; provided further, that nothing in this article shall affect any of the provisions of the Medical Practice Act (Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 2000) of Division 2 of the Business and Professions Code) or the power or authority conferred by law on the Board of Medical Examiners therein, or the power or authority conferred by law upon any board that issues a certificate which permits any person or persons to apply his or her or their art or profession on the person of another.
Cal. Penal Code § 4853
Effect of Full Pardon
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Parker, Springer Jr., Anderson v. Committee for Sustainable Retirement in Support of Initiative (2013)
Most recently applied in Parker, Springer Jr., Anderson v. Committee for Sustainable Retirement in Support of Initiative (November 2013)
Amended by Stats. 1987, Ch. 828, Sec. 143.
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