Business and Professions Code § 2313

The board shall report annually to the Legislature, no later than October 1 of each year, the following information:

(a)The total number of temporary restraining orders or interim suspension orders sought by the board to enjoin licensees pursuant to Sections 125.7, 125.8, and 2311, the circumstances in each case that prompted the board to seek that injunctive

relief, and whether a restraining order or interim suspension order was actually issued.

(b)The total number and types of actions for unprofessional conduct taken by the board against licensees, the number and types of actions taken against licensees for unprofessional conduct related to prescribing drugs, narcotics, or other controlled substances, including those related to the undertreatment or undermedication of pain.

(c)Information relative to the performance of the board, including the following: number of consumer calls received; number of consumer calls or letters designated as discipline-related complaints; number of complaint forms received; number of Section 805 and Section 805.01 reports by type; number of Section 801.01 and Section 803 reports; coroner reports received; number of convictions reported to the board; number of criminal filings reported to the division;

number of complaints and referrals closed, referred out, or resolved without discipline, respectively, prior to accusation; number of accusations filed and final disposition of accusations through the board and court review, respectively; final physician discipline by category; number of citations issued with fines and without fines, and number of public reprimands issued; number of cases in process more than six months from receipt by the board of information concerning the relevant acts to the filing of an accusation; average and median time in processing complaints from original receipt of complaint by the board for all cases at each stage of discipline and court review, respectively; number of persons in diversion, and number successfully completing diversion programs and failing to do so, respectively; probation violation reports and probation revocation filings and dispositions; number of petitions for reinstatement and their dispositions; and caseloads of investigators for original cases and for

probation cases, respectively.

“Action,” for purposes of this section, includes proceedings brought by, or on behalf of, the board against licensees for unprofessional conduct that have not been finally adjudicated, as well as disciplinary actions taken against licensees.

(d)The total number of reports received pursuant to Sections 805 and 805.01 by the type of peer review body reporting and, where applicable, the type of health care facility involved and the total number and type of administrative or disciplinary actions taken by the board with respect to the reports.

(e)The number of malpractice settlements in excess of thirty thousand dollars ($30,000) reported pursuant to Section 801.01. This information shall be grouped by specialty practice and shall include the total number of physicians and surgeons practicing in each specialty.

For the purpose of this subdivision, “specialty” includes all specialties and subspecialties considered in determining the risk categories described in Section 803.1.