Sections
29 entriesSection 2000Defines the chapter as the Medical Practice Act and requires any statutory reference to the Medical Practice Act to be construed as…Section 2001Establishes a 15-member Medical Board of California in the Department of Consumer Affairs, including seven public members; the Governor appoints 13 members…Section 2001.1Establishes protection of the public as the Medical Board of California’s highest priority when exercising licensing, regulatory, and disciplinary functions. Whenever public…Section 2002Defines “board,” unless the chapter expressly provides otherwise, as the Medical Board of California and requires references to the “Division of Medical…Section 2004Requires the Medical Board to enforce disciplinary and criminal provisions, administer and carry out discipline, limit certificates after disciplinary actions, review medical-practice…Section 2006Defines every reference in the chapter to a board investigation as a joint investigation conducted by Department of Justice employees and the…Section 2007Limits Medical Board membership to people who lived in California for the preceding five years; nonpublic members must be California-licensed physicians and…Section 2008Allows the Medical Board to appoint member panels to carry out the referenced disciplinary-action responsibilities, but requires every panel to have at…Section 2010Sets each Medical Board member’s term at four years and requires vacancies to be filled by the appointing authority responsible for the…Section 2011Allows the authority that appointed a Medical Board member to remove that member for neglect of duties required by the chapter, incompetency,…Section 2012Requires the Medical Board to elect a president, vice president, and secretary from among its own members. All three offices must be…Section 2013Sets Medical Board and panel voting rules: four panel members and eight board members constitute quorums, and ordinary actions require a majority…Section 2014Requires notice of every Medical Board meeting to be given in accordance with the Bagley-Keene Open Meeting Act. The meeting-notice duty is…Section 2015Allows the Medical Board president to call meetings of any duly appointed and created board committee or panel at a specified time…Section 2015.5Allows the board to establish advisory committees consisting of physicians and surgeons whose board-issued certificates are in good standing and public members…Section 2016Requires each Medical Board member and each member of its committees to receive per diem compensation and travel expenses as provided by…Section 2017Requires the board and every committee or panel to keep an official record of all proceedings they conduct. Requires that official recordkeeping…Section 2018Allows the board to adopt, amend, or repeal regulations under the Administrative Procedure Act when necessary to carry out laws relating to…Section 2019Establishes Sacramento as the board's office location and allows suboffices in Los Angeles, San Diego, San Francisco, their environs, or other locations…Section 2020Allows the board, with the director's approval, to employ a Civil Service-exempt executive director and other needed staff, set compensation subject to…Section 2021Requires each licensee to report every address and name change to the board within 30 days, provide a street address when a…Section 2022Establishes the board’s directory as prima facie evidence that persons named in it are authorized to practice under the Medical Practice Act.…Section 2023.5Requires the Medical Board, with the Board of Registered Nursing and specified consultation, to review physician, nurse, and physician-assistant use of lasers…Section 2024Allows the board to select and contract with licensed physician-and-surgeon medical consultants needed for its programs and, subject to the referenced Government…Section 2024.5Establishes a board-staff Complainant Liaison Unit to answer public questions, coordinate communications after field-investigation referral, explain appeals after discipline, support outreach, and…Section 2025Requires the Medical Board, through its regular mailing, to notify all licensees that federal pain-management guidelines exist and to provide the published…Section 2026Requires the board to begin adopting regulations by January 1, 2019, requiring its licensees and registrants to notify clients or patients that…Section 2027Requires Medical Board posting of discipline, convictions, judgments, and settlements; unresolved citations post after 30 days; resolved citations remain for three years,…Section 2028.5Allows the board to establish a pilot program expanding telehealth in California and to convene a public- and private-sector working group to…