Articles Tagged With 'California Department Of Consumer Affairs'
Schwarzenegger’s Budget Calls for Increased Policing of Health Care Workers
Despite cuts across the state government, the California governor requests money to add 107 people to the staff investigating health professionals.
California Adopts Stricter Rules for Drug Abusers in the Health Industry
California will require health workers who have abused drugs and are in state-run recovery programs to take at least 104 drug tests in their first year.
Schwarzenegger Wants Sweeping Reforms in Discipline System for Health Care Providers
The California governor says the process for policing health professionals is broken, but some of the problems have worsened on his watch.
California Nursing Board Executive Officer Ruth Ann Terry Resigns
The longtime executive officer of the embattled California Board of Registered Nursing resigned Tuesday, ensuring almost entirely new leadership for the agency as it strives to revamp its oversight of hundreds of thousands of caregivers. But the sweeping reforms promised by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger this week face significant obstacles.
Troubled Nursing Board Defends Itself
Leaders of the California Board of Registered Nursing sent a note of encouragement to their staff following a Los Angeles Times-ProPublica investigation that found the board takes years to act on complaints of egregious misconduct.
Spencer Sullivan: His Body a Prison
Today Spencer Sullivan, 48, spends his days in a wheelchair at his Laguna Hills home. In 2001, after neck surgery at UC San Francisco Medical Center, two doctors gave similar orders for powerful medications. Instead of questioning the duplication, a nurse gave Sullivan all of the drugs, then didn't check on him as required, state records allege.
Dr. Iraj Zandi: Appalled By Delay
During a surgery, Dr. Iraj Zandi discovered that a nurse had stolen painkiller drugs intended for his patient. He found out later that the nurse had been accused of pilfering drugs from a previous employer.
When Caregivers Harm: Problem Nurses Stay on the Job as Patients Suffer
The board charged with overseeing California's 350,000 registered nurses often takes years to act on complaints of egregious misconduct, leaving nurses accused of wrongdoing free to practice without restrictions, our joint investigation with The Los Angeles Times found.
Many California Health Workers Not Checked for Criminal Pasts
California's failure to check the criminal backgrounds of health professionals extends well beyond nurses, encompassing tens of thousands of doctors, dentists, psychiatric technicians and therapists. As many as a third of the state's 937,100 licensed healthcare workers have not been screened through fingerprint checks, according to a December 2008 estimate.
Board Knew of Nurses’ Criminal Records But Took Years to Act
Even in cases when vocational nurses reported their own felony convictions, the vocational nursing board failed to act in a timely manner.
California Takes Steps to Probe Nurses’ Criminal Backgrounds
California regulators announced emergency measures to investigate the criminal backgrounds of all registered nurses in the state, days after the Los Angeles Times and ProPublica reported that dozens of nurses had kept their licenses for years despite multiple convictions.
