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Monday, August 6, 2007

Medical Board Votes to Eliminate Diversion Program
 [Posted 08/02/07]



The Medical Board of California last week decided it was not capable of effectively running the Physician Diversion Program, which for the past 27 years has been monitoring and providing guidance to physicians with substance abuse problems. The medical board voted unanimously at its quarterly meeting last week in South San Francisco to eliminate the program, pointing to operating flaws identified in recent audits
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