Should the Chiropractic Act be amended to alter procedures and penalties in cases of various specified offenses, including insurance fraud?
Amends Chiropractic Act to specify practices constituting
unprofessional conduct; require investigation of licensee in certain
circumstances and license revocation upon second conviction, or
multiple convictions, of specified insurance fraud offenses.
• Negligible additional state costs to implement the measure's provisions.
• Potential state savings, of an unknown amount, in lower workers' compensation and Medi-Cal costs.
- A YES vote of this measure means:
- The Board of
Chiropractic Examiners would
be required to revoke a
chiropractor's license for a
period of ten years upon his
or her conviction of various
criminal offenses, including
insurance fraud, and to
investigate any licensed
chiropractor who is criminally
charged with committing
insurance fraud.
- A NO vote of this measure means:
- The Board of
Chiropractic Examiners would
retain discretion to determine
the disciplinary action to impose
against a licensed chiropractor
and whether to investigate
every licensed chiropractor who
is criminally charged with
committing insurance fraud.
- Summary of Arguments FOR Proposition 44:
- Insurance fraud creates higher
insurance premiums for us all.
Although most chiropractors
practice lawfully, some do not.
Stiffer penalties for second
convictions of insurance fraud
must be put in place like ones
that exist for other professionals
like doctors and lawyers. Vote
"yes" on Proposition 44 to help
stop fraud.
For more information, see full Arguments & Rebuttals
- Summary of Arguments AGAINST Proposition 44:
- Let the punishment fit the crime.
The only reason a chiropractor
should lose his license is for
harming patients. Financial
dishonesty has nothing to do
with medical skill. Chiropractors
who commit fraud should have to
pay back their victims, and must
be able to earn a living to do so.
For more information, see full Arguments & Rebuttals
- Contact FOR Proposition 44:
- Jackie Speier,
State Senator
P.O. Box 3113;
Daly City, CA 94015;
650-361-0301
- Contact AGAINST Proposition 44:
- Ted Brown,
Libertarian Party of California
14547 Titus Street, Suite 214;
Panorama City, CA 91402;
818-782-8400;
tedbrown1776@hotmail.com;
http://www.ca.lp.org/
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