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 California Law (Last Updated: March 4, 2014)
  Government Code - GOV
 Title 2. GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
 Division 3. EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT
 Part 2. CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS
 Chapter 6. Attorney General
 ARTICLE 2. General Powers and Duties

  Section 12529.5.  

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  • (a) All complaints or relevant information concerning licensees that are within the jurisdiction of the Medical Board of California, the California Board of Podiatric Medicine, or the Board of Psychology shall be made available to the Health Quality Enforcement Section.

    (b) The Senior Assistant Attorney General of the Health Quality Enforcement Section shall assign attorneys to assist the boards in intake and investigations and to direct discipline-related prosecutions. Attorneys shall be assigned to work closely with each major intake and investigatory unit of the boards, to assist in the evaluation and screening of complaints from receipt through disposition and to assist in developing uniform standards and procedures for the handling of complaints and investigations.

    A deputy attorney general of the Health Quality Enforcement Section shall frequently be available on location at each of the working offices at the major investigation centers of the boards, to provide consultation and related services and engage in case review with the boards' investigative, medical advisory, and intake staff. The Senior Assistant Attorney General and deputy attorneys general working at his or her direction shall consult as appropriate with the investigators of the boards, medical advisors, and executive staff in the investigation and prosecution of disciplinary cases.

    (c) The Senior Assistant Attorney General or his or her deputy attorneys general shall assist the boards or committees in designing and providing initial and in-service training programs for staff of the boards or committees, including, but not limited to, information collection and investigation.

    (d) The determination to bring a disciplinary proceeding against a licensee of the boards shall be made by the executive officer of the boards or committees as appropriate in consultation with the senior assistant.

    (e) This section shall become operative January 1, 2014.

(Amended (as amended by Stats. 2009, Ch. 505, Sec. 11) by Stats. 2012, Ch. 332, Sec. 115. Effective January 1, 2013. Section operative January 1, 2014, by its own provisions.)