California Business and Professions Code

§ 2220.08

BPC § 2220.08 Effective Jan 1, 2014Div. 2 · Ch. 5 · Art. 12

Statute text

(a)Except for reports received by the board pursuant to Section 801.01 or 805 that may be treated as complaints by the board and new complaints relating to a physician and surgeon who is the subject of a pending accusation or investigation or who is on probation, any complaint determined to involve quality of care, before referral to a field office for further investigation, shall meet the following criteria:

(1)It shall be reviewed by one or more medical experts with the pertinent education, training, and expertise to evaluate the specific standard of care issues raised by the complaint to determine if further field investigation is required.

(2)It shall include the review of the following, which shall be requested by the board:

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 515, Sec. 14. (SB 304) Effective January 1, 2014.