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Medical Board directs staff to study public-notice options after debate over posting investigations on physician profiles
Summary
The Medical Board of California debated posting notices on physician profiles when complaints reach the Health Quality Investigation Unit and voted to direct staff to study practices used by contractor licensing and other jurisdictions and to analyze when notices could be legally and operationally posted.
The Medical Board of California on Wednesday debated whether to publicly note on physician profiles when a complaint reaches the Health Quality Investigation Unit, then voted to direct staff to study comparable practices and the legal and operational points in the complaint process where a notice might be appropriate.
Board member TJ Watkins proposed that the board's website include a notice on a physician's profile when a case has been transferred to HQIU, arguing that the current practice leaves the public unaware until an accusation is filed, often after years. "When the case reaches the Health Quality Investigation Unit...we prompt that now a notice is placed on the doctor's profile on the medical board site," Watkins said, framing the measure as an informational flag rather than a finding of fault.
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