California Codes, Business and Professions Code - BPC, Division 2 — Healing Arts, Chapter 11 — Veterinary Medicine, Article 3.5 — Wellness Evaluation Committees, Section 4871
(a) After a wellness evaluation committee in its discretion has determined that a veterinarian or registered veterinary technician has been rehabilitated and the wellness program is completed, the wellness evaluation committee shall purge and destroy all records pertaining to the veterinarian’s or registered veterinary technician’s participation in a wellness program.
(b) All board and wellness evaluation committee records and records of proceedings pertaining to the treatment of a veterinarian or registered veterinary technician in a program shall be kept confidential and are not subject to discovery or subpoena.
Notes
Requires a wellness evaluation committee, after it determines a veterinarian or registered veterinary technician is rehabilitated and has completed the program, to purge and destroy all records of that person's participation. Board and committee records and proceedings concerning treatment in the program must remain confidential and are not subject to discovery or subpoena.
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