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Medical Bd. of Calif. v. Chiarottino, A138420

In a physician's appeal from the trial court's order to comply with subpoenas issued by the Medical Board of California, issued in connection with an investigation of the physician's prescribing activities as they pertain to controlled substances in violation of the Medical Practices Act (Bus. & Prof. Code sections 2000 et seq.), the orders are affirmed where the Board did not violate his patients' rights to privacy by accessing a computerized database of controlled substance prescription records prior to issuing the subpoenas.

Appellate Information

  • Decided 04/15/2014
  • Published 04/15/2014

Judges

  • Dondero

Court

  • California Court of Appeal

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