Legislature should pull plug on inept Medical Board of California

[bemildred]

The time has come to put the Medical Board of California out of its misery.

The board oversees the licensing of doctors and their discipline for misdeeds or incompetence. It also has jurisdiction over doctor-owned surgical clinics. Long ago the board acquired the reputation of being one of the least effective regulatory bodies in Sacramento.

But evidence has mounted that it's worse: It's a danger to the community.

Because of its ineffectiveness in a variety of spheres, patients have died. Dangerous doctors have been allowed to continue operating for years after their malpractice first surfaced; surgical clinics allowed to remain open for years after dangerous conditions there were identified.

http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-hiltzik-20130428,0,1818709.column

[kestrel91316]

1. Yes, because the solution to the problem is NO regulation whatsoever.

Oy. The stoopit. It burns.

Libertarian claptrap.