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    California lawmakers move to tighten restrictions on sex-offending doctors

    LOS ANGELES — Doctors who are convicted of sexually abusing patients would be permanently banned from practicing medicine in California under a bill introduced this week by state legislators. The move comes a month after a Los Angeles Times investigation found that the Medical Board of California had reinstated 10 physicians since 2013 who lost their licenses for sexual misconduct. They ...
    by Jack Dolan, Brittny Mejia and Kim Christensen, Los Angeles Times Jan 13, 2022 4 minutes

    LOS ANGELES — Doctors who are convicted of sexually abusing patients would be permanently banned from practicing medicine in California under a bill introduced this week by state legislators.

    The move comes a month after a Los Angeles Times investigation found that the Medical Board of California had reinstated 10 physicians since 2013 who lost their licenses for sexual misconduct. They included two doctors who abused teenage girls and one who beat two female patients when they reported him for sexually exploiting them.

    “I read that article and my stomach turned. This is the sort of stuff you see in horror movies,” said the bill’s lead author, Democrat Assemblywoman Akilah Weber, who is an obstetrician/gynecologist. “I was shocked. I

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