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Senate committee advances bill to bar physicians guilty of misconduct from renewing licenses
Summary
The Senate Business, Profressions and Economic Development Committee advanced SB 849, which clarifies that physicians found to have committed specified misconduct with a patient cannot seek license renewals and that surrendered certificates tied to such misconduct must be revoked; the measure passed the committee 8-0 and was placed on call for absent members.
Sen. Weber Pearson presented SB 849 to the Senate Business, Professions and Economic Development Committee as a measure to close a gap in medical licensure discipline, saying the bill clarifies that physicians convicted of, or found to have committed, specified sexual misconduct with a patient cannot petition for license renewals.
“According to Business and Professions Code section 2001.1, protection of the public shall be the highest priority for the Medical Board of California in exercising its licensing, regulatory, and…
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