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Committee moves to combine disciplinary-guidelines and petition-for-reinstatement proposals and send to board
Summary
After months of policy work, the Enforcement Committee voted 3–0 to forward combined disciplinary-guidelines and petition-for-reinstatement rulemaking to the full board, directing staff to finalize regulatory text and related procedures.
The Enforcement Committee on Dec. 19 voted to move two related regulatory efforts — updated disciplinary guidelines/uniform standards and a regulatory package governing filing and evaluation of petitions for reinstatement, reduction of penalty and early termination of probation — to the full board for consideration as a combined package.
Ms. Walker told the committee the board has spent roughly 18 months reviewing policy options for disciplinary guidelines, including trigger language for uniform standards, probation conditions and guidance for petitions for reinstatement. Proposed probation conditions discussed in prior meetings and reiterated in the packet include requiring probationers to maintain an active license, reimburse the board for probation-monitoring costs, practice a minimum of 24 hours per week while on probation, refrain from serving as continuing-education instructors while on probation, file current contact and employment information with the board, notify patients of probationary status under Business and Professions Code section 1007, and take and pass the California chiropractic law examination as a condition of reinstatement in some cases.
Walker said staff had drafted two overlapping proposals with slightly different timelines and recommended combining them so related application-process text and disciplinary guidance are aligned. “We want to take the two proposals and join them together, and move them together because there’s certain aspects to the application process that need to be spelled out separately in regulation, but then there's guidance behind those processes that fits better within the disciplinary guidelines,” Walker said.
Dr. Adams moved to send the combined package to the full board for consideration, with staff to finalize text; Chair Sweet seconded. The motion carried 3–0. Staff said it will aim to present final language and the combined package to the board at a February meeting and will return to the committee in spring if additional committee-level refinements are needed.
