States are tackling sexual misconduct after criticism of medical board leniency. Under a new California law, doctors won t get a second chance at licensure if they sexually exploit patients.
Two Times reporters investigated a discredited ex-doctor for practicing medicine without a license. Wild claims, a restraining order, and a court date followed.
For decades, California law has forbidden the state's medical board from considering victim statements in decision-making. Legislation could reform the process.
Action comes a month after a Times investigation found that the Medical Board of California had reinstated 10 physicians since 2013 who lost their licenses for sexual misconduct.