From California's Premier Professional Licensing Law Firm
As a massive public agency with 320,000 licensed agents in California, the Department of Insurance (DOI or CDI) has an extensive infrastructure for the investigation and discipline of insurance producers. As is often true of financial industry regulators, there are marked trends in investigations and discipline in certain areas of public concern.
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The Board of Registered Nursing accused our client of gross negligence and incompetence in the practice of nursing following alleged failure to obtain or document a specific reading with respect to a patient under her care. To resolve the case, our client was willing to enter into a public letter of reproval, but the Board…
Our firm represented an applicant to the California Department of Insurance who had applied for a Property and Casualty Broker-Agent License for the second time, after previously being denied in 2017. The applicant had three convictions: two for receiving stolen property, and one for unauthorized use of identity, between 2010 and 2012. The 2017 application…
Our office represented a licensee in 2020 who had earned a license only two years prior, in 2018. Unfortunately, this client was arrested for DUI just a few months after earning the license, and ultimately pled guilty in 2019. Having only been licensed for a year at the time of conviction, the client did not…
On September 30, 2018, the Governor signed Assembly Bill 2138, which primarily helps many license applicants with criminal records get professional licenses. AB 2138 took effect on July 1, 2020.
After the change in the law, a plea of guilty or a verdict of guilty can only be used against a licensee or license…
The Department of Business Oversight (DBO) changed its name to the Department of Financial Protection and Innovation (DFPI) effective September 29, 2020. Along with this name change, effective January 1, 2021, the new California Consumer Financial Protection Law (CCFPL) grants the Department of Financial Protection and Innovation new powers to investigate previously unregulated businesses, such…
Tweaks to C.U.R.E.S. Database Reporting and Access
The Controlled Substance Utilization Review and Evaluation System (C.U.R.E.S.) is a prescription monitoring program maintained by California’s licensed physicians, licensed physician assistants, licensed pharmacies, licensed pharmacists, and any other prescribing California health care professionals. On October 2, 2018, the California Department of Justice (DOJ) certified the mandatory statewide …
The worldwide spread of COVID-19 is placing unprecedented stress and demand on California physicians, registered nurses, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, and other medical professionals. However, despite these urgent demands, the administrative disciplinary system continues to investigate claims of unprofessional conduct, and hearings for nurses and doctors are still being scheduled, prepared, and settled, despite the…
By order of the Director and Chief of the Office of Administrative Hearings, Zackery P. Morazzini, on March 19, 2020, all hearing rooms at the Office of Administrative Hearings (OAH) locations are closed for business, and no hearings at off-site locations will take place. The order lasts through April 16, 2020. Interim and…
The California Department of Insurance (DOI or CDI) regulates California insurance brokers, insurance adjusters, bail bondsmen, annuity salespeople and others. The California Department of Insurance License Background Bureau processes applications for insurance brokers, agents, adjusters, and bondsmen. The Producer Background Licensing Section investigates and evaluates adverse actions, such as convictions, in applicant’s backgrounds. The Department…
