Many professionals may think that the agency that licenses them is on their side. They are so wrong. The primary goal of a California license agency is public protection. Whether the Medical Board, Department of Insurance or the Chiropractic Board, these agencies impose more regulations and seek to strictly enforce discipline against their
December 2008
Top 5 Tips to Avoid Professional License Problems
By Fredrick Ray on
Posted in Professional License Law
For California’s three million-plus licensed professionals, the name of the game is to stay off their licensing agency’s radar screen. If you run into a problem, you want to make it go away, or at worst, suffer as little damage as possible. Here are some tips:
1) Get Out of a Problem Workplace: Many license…
The End of Diversion Leaves California’s Physicians to Help Themselves
By Fredrick Ray on
Posted in California Medical Board Licensing
The California Medical Board’s Diversion Program ended June 30, 2008, bringing to a close an important option for getting physicians treatment for substance abuse without creating a record of public discipline that leaves most careers in ruins.
For those physicians who remained in the Diversion Program as of June 30th, they were placed…