Patient advocates have long pushed the Medical Board of California to share more information about potentially dangerous doctors.
TJ Watkins believes the Medical Board of California is too focused on doctors' rights over patient safety. He is proposing the board consider advocating for legislative change to make investigations of doctors public before they are completed.
"If we’re going to be placing our lives in the hands of a doctor, we should know their history," said Johnson."Right now there is no way for the public to know that a doctor is currently being investigated," Watkins explained,"and sometimes for very serious matters."During the board's quarterly meeting on Feb.
The medical board has repeatedly told NBC4 it cannot address or even confirm active investigations because they are confidential by law, which is why Watkins says he wants the board to vote on proposing legislative change.
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