California Labor Code

§ 139.21

LAB § 139.21 Effective Jan 1, 2018Div. 1 · Ch. 5

Statute text

(a)(1) The administrative director shall promptly suspend, pursuant to subdivision (b), any physician, practitioner, or provider from participating in the workers’ compensation system as a physician, practitioner, or provider if the individual or entity meets any of the following criteria:

(A)The individual or entity has been convicted of any felony or misdemeanor and that crime comes within any of the following descriptions:

(i)It involves fraud or abuse of the federal Medicare or Medicaid programs, the Medi-Cal program, or the workers’ compensation system, or fraud or abuse of any patient.

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2017, Ch. 300, Sec. 1. (AB 1422) Effective January 1, 2018.