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Waiting Time for Serious Complaints about Doctors is now 1387 Days at the MBC

January 20, 2026

     It currently takes 1387 days, nearly four years, for a complaint about a doctor to make it entirely through the complaint process at the Medical Board of California (MBC), assuming it doesn't get blocked along the way.   Just getting to the first part of the process, where the case the Central Complaint Unit takes 148 days, about five months.  At this stage, they review the complaint, determine if the MBC has jurisdiction, gather initial medical records, and have a medical consultant provide an initial opinion.  After that, a decision is made to either close the complaint or refer it for a full investigation.

Waiting Time for Serious Complaints about Doctors is now 1387 Days at the MBC Waiting Time for Serious Complaints about Doctors is now 1387 Days at the MBC Reviewed by Rob Gordon on January 20, 2026 Rating: 5

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

January 05, 2026


  
   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.  

The Medical Board of California cannot be reformed; it must be demolished The Medical Board of California cannot be reformed; it must be demolished Reviewed by Rob Gordon on January 05, 2026 Rating: 5

Medical Board Meltdown!

January 02, 2026

 





Day 1 (February 13, 2025) during Agenda Item 10, which focused on updates to the Board Member Administrative Procedure Manual. While the transcript does not use the word "crap," it records Ms. Mitchell making the following statement:

"I know it’s it’s so we have to go through all this work to serve on this board for free that it actually cost us money and that to be abused just wanted to be clarify like what we all signed up for".
This comment occurs at the 3:15:38 minute mark of the Day 1 meeting. It immediately followed a discussion on state travel reimbursement rules and was later characterized by a member of the public, Eric Andress, as a "dramatic choice" to term public accountability as "abuse".
Additional Contentious Exchanges
The two-day meeting featured several other sharp disagreements between Wendy Mitchell and TJ Watkins:
• Undermining Institutions (Day 1, ~2:09:33): During a discussion on the Physician Health and Wellness Program (Item 8), Watkins suggested that the board was "bypassing" stakeholders. Ms. Mitchell responded by stating she was "upset to see the undermining of institutions in this country" and compared the rhetoric being used at the board meeting to broader national patterns of "destroying our democracy".
• Truth and Board Conduct (Day 1, ~3:30:27): During the manual update, Ms. Mitchell proposed adding language to the code of conduct to prevent board members from "knowingly relaying false information," referencing federal-level concerns about truth in government. Watkins took exception to this, stating he felt "personally targeted" and that his "integrity is being attacked".
• Public Perception (Day 2): On the second day, during Watkins' proposal for earlier public disclosure of investigations (Item 13), the tension continued as board leadership and members of the public debated whether such disclosures were "misleading and highly prejudicial" or a necessary tool for "transparency and accountability".
Medical Board Meltdown! Medical Board Meltdown! Reviewed by Rob Gordon on January 02, 2026 Rating: 5
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