Darrell Steinberg
- Democratic
Author
(1) Existing law authorizes investigators and representatives of the Medical Board of California, among others, to inquire into any alleged violation of the Medical Practice Act or any other federal or state law, regulation, or rule relevant to the practice of medicine or podiatric medicine, and to inspect documents relevant to those investigations, including the inspection and copying of any document relevant to an investigation where patient consent is given. Existing law requires specified persons, including the administrator of a peer review body, to file a report with the board within 15 days after the effective date of any specified action taken against a licensee for a medical disciplinary cause or reason. Existing law also requires a coroner to make a report to the board, among other specified entities, when he or she receives information that indicates that a death may be the result of a physician and surgeon's, podiatrist's, or physician assistant's gross negligence or incompetence. This bill would authorize the board, in any investigation that involves the death of a patient, to inspect and copy the medical records of the deceased patient without the authorization of the beneficiary or personal representative of the deceased patient or a court order solely to determine the extent to which the death was the result of the physician and surgeon's violation of the Medical Practice Act, if the board provides a written request to the physician and surgeon that includes a declaration that the board has been unsuccessful in locating or contacting the deceased patient's beneficiary or personal representative after reasonable efforts. (2) Existing law requires the board to take action against any licensee who is charged with unprofessional conduct. Unprofessional conduct is defined for this purpose to include, among other things, the repeated failure by a licensee who is the subject of a board investigation, in the absence of good cause, to attend and participate in an interview scheduled by the mutual agreement of the licensee and the board. This bill would revise that definition of unprofessional conduct to include the repeated failure by a licensee who is the subject of a board investigation, in the absence of good cause, to attend and participate in an interview by the board. (3) Existing law, the Administrative Procedure Act, authorizes the administrative law judge of the Medical Quality Hearing Panel to issue an interim order suspending a license, or imposing drug testing, continuing education, supervision of procedures, or other licensee restrictions. This bill would further authorize the administrative law judge to issue an interim order limiting the authority to prescribe, furnish, administer, or dispense controlled substances.
Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 399, Statutes of 2013.
Approved by the Governor.
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 3313.) Ordered to the Senate.
Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 2443.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
Re-referred to Com. on B.,P. & C.P. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2.
Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading.
From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (September 11).
Joint Rule 62(a) file notice suspended. (Page 3189.)
Reconsideration granted. (Page 3168.)
Motion to reconsider made by Assembly Member Dickinson.
Read third time. Refused passage. (Ayes 12. Noes 44. Page 3148.)
Ordered to third reading.
Read third time and amended. (Page 2940.)
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 5.) (August 21).
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 4.) (August 13). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on B.,P. & C.P.
In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 35. Noes 3. Page 1182.) Ordered to the Assembly.
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
Ordered to second reading.
Read third time and amended.
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 719.) (April 29).
Set for hearing April 29.
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0. Page 564.) (April 15). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D.
Set for hearing April 15.
Read first time.
From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 26.
Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.
| Bill Text Versions | Format |
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| SB670 | HTML |
| 02/22/13 - Introduced | |
| 04/08/13 - Amended Senate | |
| 05/24/13 - Amended Senate | |
| 08/06/13 - Amended Assembly | |
| 08/19/13 - Amended Assembly | |
| 09/06/13 - Amended Assembly | |
| 09/11/13 - Amended Assembly | |
| 09/19/13 - Enrolled | |
| 09/27/13 - Chaptered |
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