Medical Board of California

Medical Board of California

Headquarters in Sacramento
Board overview
JurisdictionCalifornia
HeadquartersSacramento, California
Board executives
  • Randy W. Hawkins, M.D., President
  • Laurie Rose Lubiano, J.D., Vice President
  • James M. Healzer, M.D., Secretary
  • Reji Varghese, Executive Director
Parent departmentCalifornia Department of Consumer Affairs
Websitewww.mbc.ca.gov Edit this at Wikidata

The Medical Board of California (MBC) is a state government agency which licenses and disciplines physicians, surgeons and certain allied healthcare professionals in California. The Board provides two principal types of services to consumers: (1) public-record information about California-licensed physicians, and (2) investigation of complaints against physicians.

The Board is part of the California Department of Consumer Affairs and has headquarters in Sacramento.[1] It has an annual budget of $65.277 million. The MBC is the oldest component of DCA, dating back to the 1878 revision of the Medical Practice Act of 1876. MBC is a member of the Federation of State Medical Boards.[2]

The members of the Board are eight physicians and five public members appointed by the Governor, one public member appointed by the Speaker of the Assembly, and one public member appointed by the Senate Rules Committee.

In fiscal year 2016-2017, the Board had 137,967 physician licenses in effect, and issued 6,802 new physician licenses.[3]

In FY 2016-17, the Board received 9,619 complaints and opened 1,465 investigations. The outcome in FY 2016-17 was 42 license revocations, 101 license surrenders, six probations with suspension, 171 probations, 86 public reprimands, and 43 criminal referrals.[3]

In fiscal year 2017-2018, the Board had 140,748 physician licenses in effect, and issued 6,694 new physician licenses.

In FY 2017-18, the Board received 10,888 complaints and opened 1,627 cases. The outcome in FY 2017-18 was 59 license revocations, 98 license surrenders, 5 probations with suspension, 139 probations, 133 public reprimands, and 14 convictions of crimes.[4]

  1. ^ California, Medical Board of. "Medical Board of California". www.mbc.ca.gov. Retrieved 2018-08-07.
  2. ^ "Contact a State Medical Board". Federation of State Medical Boards. Archived from the original on 2022-09-24. Retrieved 2022-09-24.
  3. ^ a b http://www.mbc.ca.gov/Publications/Annual_Reports/annual_report_2016-2017.pdf [bare URL PDF]
  4. ^ http://www.mbc.ca.gov/Publications/Annual_Reports/annual_report_2017-2018.pdf [bare URL PDF]