BILL NUMBER: AB 2385 CHAPTERED 09/23/02 CHAPTER 816 FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE SEPTEMBER 23, 2002 APPROVED BY GOVERNOR SEPTEMBER 23, 2002 PASSED THE ASSEMBLY AUGUST 20, 2002 PASSED THE SENATE AUGUST 14, 2002 AMENDED IN SENATE JUNE 18, 2002 AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY APRIL 1, 2002 INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Bill Campbell FEBRUARY 21, 2002 An act to add Section 2227.5 to the Business and Professions Code, relating to the healing arts. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST AB 2385, Bill Campbell. Healing arts. Existing law, the Medical Practice Act, regulates the practice of medicine in this state and authorizes the Medical Board of California to take disciplinary action against a licensee. This bill would require the board to keep, for a period of 7 years or until the statute of limitations for filing an accusation against a licensee has expired, whichever period is shorter, a copy of a complaint it receives concerning the unprofessional conduct of a licensee if the board finds after an investigation that there is insufficient evidence to proceed with disciplinary action. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. Section 2227.5 is added to the Business and Professions Code, to read: 2227.5. The board shall keep a copy of a complaint it receives concerning the unprofessional conduct of a licensee for seven years or until the statute of limitations for filing an accusation against a licensee has expired, whichever period is shorter, if the board finds after an investigation that there is insufficient evidence to proceed with disciplinary action.