California Codes, Business and Professions Code - BPC, Division 2 — Healing Arts, Chapter 1 — General Provisions, Article 11 — Professional Reporting, Section 803.5

(a) The district attorney, city attorney, or other prosecuting agency shall notify the Medical Board of California, the Osteopathic Medical Board of California, the California Board of Podiatric Medicine, the State Board of Chiropractic Examiners, the Physician Assistant Board, or other appropriate allied health board, and the clerk of the court in which the charges have been filed, of any filings against a licensee of that board charging a felony immediately upon obtaining information that the defendant is a licensee of the board. The notice shall identify the licensee and describe the crimes charged and the facts alleged. The prosecuting agency shall also notify the clerk of the court in which the action is pending that the defendant is a licensee, and the clerk shall record prominently in the file that the defendant holds a license from one of the boards described above.

(b) The clerk of the court in which a licensee of one of the boards is convicted of a crime shall, within 48 hours after the conviction, transmit a certified copy of the record of conviction to the applicable board.

Notes

Requires a prosecuting agency to notify the appropriate medical or allied-health board and court clerk immediately after learning that felony charges were filed against a board licensee, identifying the licensee, charges, and alleged facts. Requires the court clerk to flag the licensure in the file and send the applicable board a certified conviction record within 48 hours after conviction.

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