When California lawmakers barred doctors with previous fraud convictions from treating injured workers, did they mean to ban physicians convicted more than 35 years ago and have been practicing for more than two decades since without any allegations of wrongdoing?
The legislator who carried Assembly Bill 1244 mandating provider suspensions in certain situations didn’t respond to questions about his intent for the bill. Attorneys representing a physician convicted in 1983 and who has practiced in California without restrictions on his medical license since 1994 say the Legi...
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