By Byanca Hutchins At its November 22, 2024, meeting, the Medical Board of California (“Board”) reviewed proposed legislation to establish a new Physician Health and Wellness Program (“PHWP”). This proposal comes after the Board’s previous diversion program was discontinued in Continue reading
By Steven Soldani At its May 24, 2024 meeting, the Medical Board of California (MBC) heard from professionals in Washington and Georgia on best practices for the Board’s proposed Physician and Surgeon Health and Wellness Program (PSHWP). MBC gave notice Continue reading
By Emily Powers On February 29th and March 1st, the Medical Board of California (MBC) held its Quarterly Board meeting in Los Angeles. A key agenda item included reviewing the Executive Management Report, specifically the Enforcement Program Summary. The Enforcement Continue reading
By Emily Powers On September 27, 2023, Governor Newsom signed two bills, SB 345 (Skinner) (Chapter 260, Statutes of 2023) and AB 1707 (Pacheco) (Chapter 258, Statutes of 2023), to protect California’s doctors and other health care providers from criminalization, Continue reading
By Emily Powers On April 26, 2023, the Medical Board of California (MBC) published a response to legislative concerns from the Senate Committee on Business, Professions and Economic Development and the Assembly Committee of Business and Profession regarding its 2022 Continue reading
By Shannon Dart On December 30, 2022, the Medical Board of California (MBC) submitted its final Sunset Oversight Review Report to the legislature. The Sunset Report updates the legislature on past sunset issues and outlines current issues facing the Board. Continue reading
By Carter Cordura On September 29, 2022, Governor Gavin Newsom signed AB 1278 (Nazarian) (Chapter 750, Statutes of 2022) into law. The Medical Board of California (MBC) supported the bill. AB 1278 is the first California law that requires physicians Continue reading
By Carter Cordura On June 1, 2022, in a letter to Assemblymember Low, the Medical Board of California (MBC) took a stance on AB 2098 (Low), stating it would “support if amended.” After its amendment on April 20, 2022, the Continue reading
By Tala Hughes SB 920 (Hurtado), as amended on March 29, 2022, would amend sections 2220.5 and 2330 of, and add section 2220.8 to the Business and Professions Code regarding the Medical Board of California’s (MBC) ability to request records Continue reading
By Divya Sriharan On February 14, 2022, California Assemblymember Quirk introduced AB 2060, a bill sponsored by the Medical Board of California (MBC) that would establish a public member majority on the Board. Specifically, the bill would amend sections 2001, Continue reading
