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California Physician

If you need a California medical license defense attorney, contact us as soon as possible.  We defend physicians before the Medical Board of California in license denial and disciplinary action cases from investigation through administrative hearings and on appeal.  We also represent doctors in matters involving the National Practitioners Data Bank (NPDB), hospital privileges, and Medical Provider Networks (MPN). 

We defend physicians (and physician assistants) in the following areas:

Physician Negligence: The Medical Board of California--Law & Policy

Physician Negligence: The Medical Board of California--Law & Policy

Physician Negligence: The Medical Board of California--Law & Policy

Reinstatement of a California Medical License

The Medical Board of California has a form entitled Petition for Penalty Relief, which is used for three purposes:

(1)   Petition for reinstatement of a revoked or surrendered medical license;

(2)   Petition for early termination of probation; and

(3)   Petition for modification of probation terms.

California Medical License Applications--Reporting Criminal Records, Deferred Entry of Judgment, and Out-of-State Criminal Records

Physicians, including recent medical school graduates and physicians from other states or countries seeking a California medical license must fill out a state application which asks questions pertaining to criminal records.  Questions No. 55 through 58 pertain to criminal records that you may have to disclose.

Graduates from Foreign Medical Schools and California Medical Board Licensing

California's Medical Board maintains a website www.mbc.ca.gov with a host of information, including a list of all approved medical schools, in the U.S.

Your California Medical License Application

 

Physicians must have a state license to practice in California.  Allowing sufficient time and providing a complete application with full documentation to the Medical Board can make a difference.  Failure to do so may result in delay, denial or the filing of a Statement of Issues and an administrative hearing. Lately (2012) the process has been taking about seven or eight months.

Doctor Discloses DUI -- No Action by Medical Board of California

Our client is a medical doctor who was convicted of driving under the influence of alcohol in California. California physicians are required to report misdemeanor criminal convictions within 30 days. (See Business and Professions Code section 802.1.)  We prepared a report letter disclosing the conviction and explaining the circumstances.  Fortunately, the doctor's DUI was a first time offense and his or her blood alcohol level was close to the legal limit.

Avoiding Denial of a California Medical License by Withdrawing the Application

NOTE: The Medical Board no longer allows applicants to withdraw license applications to avoid a Statement of Issues (Updated June 29, 2017)

Medical license applicants in California may have the option to withdraw their applications before a final license denial.  Here is how it works:

California Physician Wins Public Reprimand in License Hearing Before Medical Board

The Medical Board of California sought to revoke our client’s California Medical license and place him on probation based on disciplinary action in another state.  The out-of-state medical board fined our client $20,000 based on allegations that he employed unlicensed individuals to dispense medications and administer local anesthetic.  There are no allegations of patient harm. 

Medical Board Investigations: How California Doctors Should Respond

Medical Board investigations are generally triggered in the following ways:

Finding a California license law attorney on the Internet--A Quick Tip

California license law attorney or lawyer is a common search phrase. The proper area of law, however, is administrative law. Professional license defense, or license law, is one area of administrative law. Searching for a California administrative law attorney may help you find the right “license law” attorney.