The California Medical Board receives about 10,000 complaints per year, resulting in the opening of about 1,000 investigations. The Medical Board’s Central Complaint Unit, or CCU, receives, initially screens and routes all complaints. Complaints that may identify a violation of the California Medical Practice Act, which can include gross negligence, misconduct, criminal convictions, other license
Authorization for Release of Records
Responding to an Investigative Subpoena or Request for a Release from a California Licensing Agency
By Fredrick Ray on
Posted in Professional License Law
The first contact that a California licensee may receive from a licensing board investigator is either a letter asking the licensee to sign a waiver form for the release of records, or receipt of a copy of an investigative subpoena to a third party seeking certain personal records. The request for a release or waiver…