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WOOD v. SUPERIOR COURT

Docket Nos. 21801, 22053.

166 Cal.App.3d 1138 (1985)

212 Cal. Rptr. 811

WILLIAM O. WOOD, Petitioner, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF SACRAMENTO COUNTY, Respondent; BOARD OF MEDICAL QUALITY ASSURANCE, Real Party in Interest. WILLIAM LINN, Petitioner, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF SACRAMENTO COUNTY, Respondent; BOARD OF MEDICAL QUALITY ASSURANCE, Real Party in Interest.

Court of Appeals of California, Third District.

April 16, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Robert J. Sullivan, Mary A. O'Gara, Bealisa S. Naegele, Turner & Sullivan and Thomas W. Martin, Jr., for Petitioners.

No appearance for Respondent.

John K. Van de Kamp and George Deukmejian, Attorney Generals, Robert C. Cross and Steven M. Kahn, Deputy Attorneys General, for Real Party in Interest.

OPINION

BLEASE, Acting P.J.

In this consolidated proceeding we consider the authority of the Board of Medical Quality Assurance (Bus. & Prof. Code, § 2001) to subpoena the medical records of a physician's patients without their consent. The board, in the course of investigations of Drs. Wood and Linn (petitioners), issued administrative subpoenas (Gov. Code, § 11181) requiring them to produce the complete medical records...

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