The Medical Board of California (“Board”), and its enacting legislation, the Medical Practice Act, which licenses and regulates California’s physicians, has officially been extended another four years. Governor Brown signed California’s Senate Bill No.798, which extends the Board’s sunset date to January 1, 2022. Of interest to physicians brought before the Board on disciplinary actions and their lawyers, Governor Brown … Read More
Janssen Malloy LLP Supports California Women Lawyers
Janssen Malloy LLP advocates for the advancement of women in the legal profession and for women in society. In support of our efforts, Janssen Malloy LLP is pleased to support California Women Lawyers, the only statewide bar association for women in California, by sponsoring its newsletter. We encourage all attorneys in California to join California Women Lawyers and monetize your … Read More
What’s Mixed Light? The Apparent Conflict Between CDFA’s Regs and he Humboldt County Cannabis Ordinance
What is mixed light cultivation? Apparently, the California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) and the Humboldt County Medical Marijuana Land Use Ordinance (CMMLUO) can’t even agree on a uniform definition. The conflicting definition of mixed light arises in how the CDFA regulations included “light deprivation” within the definition of “mixed light,” whereas the CMMLOU does not include “light deprivation’ … Read More
Poppy Seeds and Drug Tests
The urban legend that eating poppy seeds can lead to a failed drug test is, in fact, not a legend. Eating poppy seeds – even as few as are typically contained in a large Costco poppy seed muffin – can yield positive test results for both morphine and codeine when testing standards are not adjusted to weed out such “false” … Read More
Focus on the Medical Board’s Enforcement Actions
The Medical Board of California issued its Annual Report for Fiscal Year 2016 – 2017. It reveals that out of the 9,619 complaints made to the Board’s enforcement program, the Board took a total of 466 disciplinary actions — an increase from 338 in the year 2015 – 2016 and from 365 in the year 2014 – 2015. Of last … Read More
Be Your Own (Patient) Advocate
When people are injured through another’s negligence, often they are unsure what medical treatment is appropriate for their injuries, and they are sometimes discouraged from having those injuries properly evaluated and diagnosed. A person who suffers knee pain after a motor vehicle collision, for example, may be told by health care providers that it will just take time to heal, … Read More
Trial Preference in Civil Cases Based on Felony Conduct
California Code of Civil Procedure (CCP) section 36 provides a mechanism for certain civil litigants – the elderly, minors age 14 or younger bringing a wrongful death action, or the terminally ill – to have the court schedule their trial within 120 days. Janssen Malloy LLP partner Michael Crowley previously wrote about the procedure here. A lesser known provision of that … Read More