California Codes, Business and Professions Code - BPC, Division 2 — Healing Arts, Chapter 4 — Dentistry, Article 4.7 — Diversion Program, Section 1698

(a) After the committee and the program manager in their discretion have determined that a licentiate has been rehabilitated and the diversion program is completed, the committee shall purge and destroy all records pertaining to the licentiate’s participation in a diversion program.

(b) Except as authorized by subdivision (f) of Section 1695.5, all board and committee records and records of proceedings pertaining to the treatment of a licentiate in a program shall be kept confidential and are not subject to discovery or subpoena.

Notes

Requires the diversion committee to purge and destroy all participation records after the committee and program manager determine, in their discretion, that a dental licensee has been rehabilitated and completed the program. Board, committee, proceeding, and treatment records are otherwise confidential and not discoverable or subject to subpoena, except as specifically authorized by the referenced subdivision.

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