Each year, about 150 California physicians lose their license to practice medicine due to surrender or revocation. However, only about 10 percent, 15 or so, attempt to reinstate their medical license through a petition for reinstatement. Reinstating a surrendered or
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A Guide to California Commission on Teacher Credentialing (CTC) Discipline
The California Commission on Teacher Credentialing (CTC) follows a multi-step process to investigate and discipline teachers. This process, while arduous, provides early opportunities for a teacher to possibly resolve CTC matters with no discipline or reduced discipline. A
California Physicians May Not Be Punished for Giving Pain Treatment to Patients Who Test Positive for Marijuana
California State Assembly Bill 1954 (AB 1954) has added a new law, California Business and Professions Code section 2228.5, which shields California physicians from Medical Board punishment for providing medical treatment to patients who merely test positive for
Responding to Medical Board Arrest Notification Letters
California physicians recently arrested for crimes receive a letter from the Medical Board of California that begins “[t]he Medical Board of California has received notification from the Department of Justice of your arrest on [date] by the [name] police department
California Physicians Face Aggressive Board Investigations
Investigators, with More Resources, Dig for Evidence of Abuse, Impairment, Health Issues and Errors Beyond Received Complaints
According to the Medical Board of California’s 2022 Sunset Review, the Medical Board of California conducted nearly 10,000 investigations in its 2021-2022
New Law SB-806 Allows Medical Board of California to Increase Costs for Investigations Against Physicians
As of January 1, 2022, an amendment to SB-806, Section 125.3, reimposes the Medical Board of California’s ability to recover costs when investigating and prosecuting licensed physicians facing discipline from the very physicians they are prosecuting.
What is cost recovery?
BRN Accusation Against Charge Nurse Dismissed Following Stillborn Pregnancy
As we have discussed on our website, Registered Nurses during the pandemic have suffered unprecedented challenges. Even when emergency measures are eased and requirements are relaxed throughout California, hospitals remain ground zero for those suffering from COVID-19, including the
Unrestricted Real Estate License Granted Less Than Two Years Following License Revocation
The Department of Real Estate takes criminal convictions that occur in connection with a real estate license very seriously. We represented a client in one such licensee, where a misunderstanding regarding the nature of a visit to a property resulted
California Department of Insurance Summary Denial Set Aside; Restricted License Granted Without Hearing
The California Department of Insurance has the power to summarily revoke a licensee who is convicted of a felony. A “summary revocation” does not allow the client to present a defense—the revocation is done as a matter of law following
Department of Insurance License Discipline Trends
As a massive public agency with 320,000 licensed agents in California, the Department of Insurance (DOI or CDI) has an extensive infrastructure for the investigation and discipline of insurance producers. As is often true of financial industry regulators, there are