The California Medical Board received nearly 90,000 complaints against doctors in the last decade from patients, physicians and others. But the board rarely takes away doctors’ licenses. Today, on The Times podcast:
The Medical Board of California was established to protect patients by licensing doctors and investigating complaints when things go wrong.
But even when it accuses a doctor of causing patients to lose limbs, become paralyzed or die, the board often lets the doctor continue to practice. There’s no limit on the number of times the board can put a doctor on probation.Today we speak with L.A. Times investigative reporter Jack Dolan. He, along with our colleague Kim Christensen, looked into how and why the medical board rarely takes away doctors’ licenses and has long pushed back against calls to toughen its approach.
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