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Board adopts initial fee to open petitions for penalty relief; administrative law judge to set remaining costs
Summary
The Medical Board approved modified rulemaking to collect an initial fee for petitions for penalty relief and authorized a process for an ALJ to determine remaining cost recovery up to a capped amount.
The Medical Board of California voted to proceed with revised emergency rulemaking on fees for petitions for penalty relief at its Aug. 19, 2025, meeting. The proposed rule requires petitioners seeking reinstatement or modification of discipline to pay an initial up-front fee covering board processing through referral to the Office of the Attorney General; an administrative law judge (ALJ) would then determine remaining costs to be recovered through the hearing process, subject to a statutory cap.
What the rule does and why the board proposed it - Background: Between FY 2021–2023 the board reported…
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