Case library / Discipline that arrives from somewhere else
The 30 days that made it worse
In short
License surrendered
$1,859Another board's discipline, plus a separate count for not reporting it. License surrendered.
The reporting duty in 16 CCR §1845 is the most frequently missed obligation in the entire dataset.
What happened
The Board of Psychology disciplined the licensee's psychologist license in August 2024.
He did not report that discipline to BBS within 30 days. That failure was charged as a separate cause.
What it was charged as
Discipline by another licensing entity.
Failure to report discipline by another licensing entity to the Board within 30 days.
The outcome
License surrendered.
$1,859ordered in cost recovery under B&P §125.3What the rule actually says
16 CCR §1845 sets out five separate reporting and cooperation duties, and this is the one most often missed. Within 30 days you must report (1) any felony or misdemeanor conviction and (2) discipline by another licensing entity. You must also give the Board records within 15 days of a request, provide arrest documentation within 30 days of a request, and cooperate with any investigation. Accusations filed between 2023 and 2025 cite the older lettering — §1845(g)(1) and §1845(h) — for the conviction-reporting and arrest-document duties; the current published text puts them at (c)(1) and (d).
Discussion
Analysis, not part of the decision
The underlying discipline came from the Board of Psychology. The additional cause came from not telling BBS within 30 days. It is difficult to imagine a more avoidable count.
Title 16 §1845 sets out five separate duties and most licensees can name none of them. Within 30 days you must report (1) any felony or misdemeanor conviction and (2) discipline by another licensing entity. You must give the Board records within 15 days of a request, provide arrest documentation within 30 days of a request, and cooperate with any investigation. Four of the five are deadlines, and a deadline is the easiest kind of rule to comply with and the easiest to miss.
A note for anyone reading the primary documents: accusations filed between 2023 and 2025 cite the older lettering — §1845(g)(1) and §1845(h) for the conviction-reporting and arrest-document duties — while the current published text puts them at (c)(1) and (d). The duty did not change; the subdivision letters did.
Where insurance reaches, and where it does not
Nothing here is a claim. It is an obligation with a calendar date on it, and missing it converts one proceeding into two.
What would have changed it
- Put a 30-day reminder in your calendar the day anything reportable happens, and report in writing so you have proof of the date.
- Report even when you think BBS already knows. The duty is on you and it is not discharged by someone else's notification.
Questions
For a law and ethics seminar, or for yourself
- Write the five §1845 duties as a one-page checklist a solo practitioner could keep by the desk.
- The Board would likely have learned of the other board's action anyway. Why is the self-report still required?
- Which of the five duties has the shortest deadline, and what is the practical consequence of missing it?
Source. This write-up is drawn from the signed public decision in the case number above. Names, cities and employers have been removed — why. To pull the original, open the Board's quarterly newsletter archive, find the issue covering September 25, 2025, and match the case number in the Formal Disciplinary Actions section. Not legal advice.
