The Medical Board of California cannot be reformed; it must be demolished

  

   No one ever wanted the Medical Board of California (MBC).  Least of all, the public.  It's predecessor was formed during the California gold rush era, by a small group of Allopathic physicians (who we know now as "medical doctors").  Most of the Allopath's at the time had been to East Coast Universities and were practicing what they considered to be "science-based" Medicine.   They had become alarmed because of the growing number of what they called "irregulars".   These were medical practitioners of all sorts who set up shop to serve the booming population of gold minors in Northern California towns.

 A small group of Allopaths got together and formed the California State Medical Society, which would become the "California Medical Association" (CMS).  Through a series of ruthless political battles as well as compromises, they designated part of their society to be a regulatory agency for the California government, and it worked.  This agency became the Medical Board of California, and they never successfully split from the CMS, and instead became the government arm of their association.