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Vanessa Lee Procier defends rehabilitation as board reiterates concern about drinking during tolling periods
Summary
Vanessa Lee Procier told the board she completed required classes and therapy after a 2020 DUI and asked for early termination of probation. The deputy attorney general and members pressed her on prior tolling periods when she acknowledged casual drinking; the board took the matter under submission.
Vanessa Lee Procier asked the California Board of Behavioral Sciences on Nov. 20 to terminate disciplinary probation early after a 2020 DUI that led to a stipulated settlement placing her license on probation.
Deputy Attorney General Anahita Crawford told the board an accusation filed Dec. 2, 2020 alleged Procier drove with a blood alcohol content measured at 0.189 percent on Aug. 20, 2020, and that the board had placed terms on her license including psychotherapy, supervised practice and abstention from substances. The board denied an earlier modification request (06/25/2024), citing credibility and insufficient rehabilitation evidence; Crawford said probation tolling periods added 2 years and 8 months to Procier’s term so her probation is now set to expire 04/12/2027.
In testimony, Procier (who asked to be called “Doctor Procier”) described attending moderation‑management courses, returning to therapy, completing dependency support work and reducing biological testing to monthly. Under direct questioning she said she is a casual drinker and acknowledged drinking during one or more tolling periods; she told the board she believed abstention did not apply while probation was tolled and disputed that she intentionally breached terms.
Board members repeatedly pressed Procier about the tolling periods and whether drinking while tolled demonstrated a pattern of noncompliance. Procier said she believed she had complied with written stipulations while active on probation and that she did not understand abstention applied during inactive (tolled) periods.
The hearing record was closed and the matter submitted to the board for deliberation. No decision was announced at the meeting; the petitioner will receive a written decision in the mail.
The deputy attorney general offered exhibits including the license history, case summary and the disciplinary documents; Procier volunteered additional documents and the board admitted them into evidence. The matter was recorded as OAH case no. 2025100975.
