Board of Medicine

Calendar Year Statistics

Enforcement

Calender Year - January 1 to December 31

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

           
Files Opened
New Complaints 612 531 699 795 688
Liability Cases 194 227 198 139 118
Total Files Opened 806 758 897 934 806
 
Informal Actions
Letters of Warning 66 81 117 124 76
Letters of Education 16 8 8 5 9
Total Informal Actions 82 89 125 129 85
 
Peer Reviews
Peer Reviews Ordered 13 19 14 21 19
Peer Reviews Completed 7 10 37 19 19
Physicians Waitng To Be Peer Reviewed NA 32 9 12 4
 
Cases Closed No Action 506 812 279 612 418
Cases Closed Administratively 385 735 434 291 233
Total Cases Closed Without Action 891 1545 713 903 651
 
Files Closed
Complaint Files 812 1,066 712 1,008 710
Liability Files 690 729 201 139 118
Total Files Closed 1,502 1,795 913 1,147 828
 
Statement of Charges Filed 20 43 42 50 43
Hearings Held 9 10 10 14 20
Cases Settled 25 44 40 54 39
 
Evaluations Ordered 7 8 7 6 8
 
Formal Disciplinary Action
License Revocations 1 0 1 4 0
License Suspensions 7 19 5 4 5
License Surrenders 3 5 1 4 10
License Probations 9 7 7 16 6
Civil Penalties 5 1 7 11 11
Citations and Warnings 4 4 9 6 3
License Practice Restrictions 1 7 8 6 4
Total Formal Disciplinary Actions 30 43 38 51 39
 
Physicians Under Sanctions
New Restrictions 6 12 10 3 2
Restrictions Terminated 0 2 2 1 4
Under Restriction on 12/31 52 58 60 *33 38
New Probations 12 11 11 13 10
Probations Terminated 4 8 7 0 5
Under Probation on 12/31 61 54 59 47 38
New Suspensions 6 16 6 8 4
Suspensions Terminated 7 6 5 4 3
Under Suspension on12/31  20 30 33 35 45
Physicians Under Disciplinary Monitoring on 12/31  133 142 152 142 147
 
Total Liability Files Open on 12/31 529 3 0 0 0
Total Complaint Files Open on 12/31   673 681 509 561
Total Investigative Files Open on 12/31 1,715 676 681 509 561
 
Average Case Load Per Investigator (Excluding Liability Cases) 141 89 70 55 63
 

 

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