Patient advocates press Medical Board to publish reports, fix complaint form and increase discipline

Public commenters at the Medical Board of California’s Aug. 19, 2025, meeting pressed the board for clearer enforcement outcomes, faster investigations and correction of the board’s public-complaint processes. Advocates described repeated failures to produce promised reports, concerns that relevant documents and data are being withheld, and a perception that the board protects licensees more than patients.

Several speakers asked the board to release a maternal mortality/maternal health report the board committed to at its August 2023 meeting. “At the August 2023 meeting, this board agreed to provide the public with the maternal mortality, maternal health report,” said Michelle Montserrat Ramos of Consumer Watchdog. “Two years later, board staff still has not provided this report to the public. Please provide the report at the next board meeting.”

Why it matters: Complainants said…