When a Registered Nurse is accused of misconduct, either by law enforcement or through a hospital complaint, the common “first step” from the Board of Registered Nursing is to send the RN a letter offering the chance to participate in the Board’s Intervention Program. Previously referred to as the “Diversion program,” the Board of
Diversion Program
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…