Resources & Information

The Board’s legal department reviews Board investigations and is responsible for preparing charges and allegations against licensees. The legal department also negotiates potential resolutions of disciplinary matters and prosecutes cases that result in hearings before the Board. The compliance and monitoring section of the legal department tracks and ensures licensee compliance with consent orders or final orders of the Board.

Public documents are most easily accessed via the Board’s website. All public documents associated with a particular licensee may be viewed using the “Look Up a Licensee” tool on this website and clicking on the relevant tabs to the left of the “Licensee Information” page. Documents may be printed or downloaded from the Board’s website. Certain documents, such as hearing transcripts, may not be available via the website but they are available to the public. Contact the Communications Department for assistance in obtaining copies of transcripts.

Disciplinary cases typically become public information when the Board either: (1) issues a notice of charges and allegations against a licensee; or (2) enters into a negotiated settlement with a licensee called a consent order.

The notice of charges and allegations is a legal document that states the Board’s case against a licensee, including evidence the Board has gathered in its investigation and alleged violations of the Medical Practice Act (MPA). Once charges are issued, a public hearing may be held. At a disciplinary hearing, the Board, after hearing from both sides, determines if a violation of the MPA has occurred and, if so, what discipline and/or remediation is warranted. Alternatively, a case in which a notice of charges has been issued may be resolved with a negotiated consent order requiring Board approval.

A disciplinary case may also be resolved before the Board issues formal charges and allegations through a consent order authorized by the Board and requiring the licensee’s consen