Initial findings of the Medical Board Enforcement Monitor, released this week, confirm that the Medical Board’s investigations of doctors are hamstrung by funding shortfalls and that prosecutions are undermined by a crippling division between investigators and attorneys housed in different agencies.

At its Quarterly Board meeting last week, multiple members of the state board that regulates doctors for the first time seriously acknowledged activists’ call for the state to respond...

Consumer Watchdog and a volunteer team of advocates attended and participated in last week’s Osteopathic Medical Board Quarterly meeting to testify on issues with the enforcement process, how the...

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The Executive Director of the Medical Board of California William Prasifka announced his resignation last week stating that his last day will be December 30, 2022. This announcement came...

Los Angeles, CA— Patient advocates today will call on the Medical Board of California to reform a physician oversight process that shuts out patients, prioritizes secrecy and ultimately fails to adequately protect patients from doctors who cause harm.

By Jennifer Kastner, KGTV ABC TV-10 San Diego, CA July 20, 2022 https://www.10news.com/news/local-news/san-diego-news/new-criminal-charges-filed-against-bonita-plastic-surgeon SAN DIEGO (KGTV) - New criminal charges have been filed against the embattled Bonita plastic surgeon who's already charged...

By Ishani Desai, THE BAKERSFIELD CALIFORNIAN June 11, 2022 https://www.bakersfield.com/news/maternal-health-fair-highlights-need-for-outreach/article_62c87af0-e9be-11ec-8ec0-d772cf3bedde.html 5th District Supervisor Leticia Perez said she was embarrassed to acknowledge how little she knew about maternal health care during her own...