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Board Responsibility

The Osteopathic Medical Board of California (Board) has the primary responsibility of licensing and regulating physicians and surgeons and post graduate trainees. The Board’s responsibilities come from the Osteopathic Act and the Medical Practice Act, which are composed of California statutes that give the Board, among other functions, the authority to investigate complaints and take disciplinary action against physicians and surgeons and post graduate trainees. These investigation and disciplinary functions are handled by the Board's Enforcement Program.

The Board’s Enforcement Program staff work with health care consumers and health care professionals in identifying those physicians and surgeons and post graduate trainees who have engaged in any activity which may be unsafe, and which may put the public at risk. The Board investigates matters where it can obtain the evidence necessary to meet its burden of proof that a violation of the Osteopathic or Medical Practice Act occurred by clear and convincing evidence to a reasonable degree of certainty.

The Enforcement Program's responsibilities can be divided into four primary categories:

• Consumer Protection Unit
• Investigation
• Disciplinary Action
• Probation Monitoring