Wolfe

This is an appeal from the denial of a peremptory writ of mandate which sought judicial relief from the decision of the Board of Medical Quality Assurance, denying appellant’s application for reciprocity licensure.

Appellant, who was born on October 27, 1923, graduated from the Ohio College of Podiatric Medicine on June 2, 1951, and has been con *706 tinuously licensed to practice podiatric medicine in the State of Ohio. Appellant was licensed in the State of Florida in June 1974, after passing a two-day written examination and was licensed by reciprocity in Kansas after an oral examination in approximately December 1977.

On September 12, 1977, appellant applied for a license by reciprocity to practice podiatry in California. Appellant’s application was denied on May 26, 1978, pursuant to Business and Professions Code section 2310, which then read as follows: “The board shall issue a reciprocity certificate to an applicant to practice a system or mode of treating the sick or afflicted in this state that he is authorized to practice in any other state if it is a system or mode that is recognized by this chapter or any preceding practice act. Subject to the provisions of…