Editorial: California must do more to get bad doctors out of the profession
California’s system for getting bad doctors out of the profession is obviously not working. If it were, we would not read that a Bakersfield doctor got his license back after pleading no contest to a criminal charge of sexual exploitation by a physician. Nor would a Victorville doctor who inappropriately touched two teenage patients during exams still be allowed to practice. Those examples ...
by Los Angeles Times Editorial Board, Los Angeles Times
Jan 26, 2022
3 minutes
California’s system for getting bad doctors out of the profession is obviously not working.
If it were, we would not read that a Bakersfield doctor got his license back after pleading no contest to a criminal charge of sexual exploitation by a physician. Nor would a Victorville doctor who inappropriately touched two teenage patients during exams still be allowed to practice. Those examples were detailed in a Times investigation last month that found the Medical Board of
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