Steinsmith v. Medical Board of California

Opinion

HANLON, P. J.

The Medical Board of California (Board) appeals from a judgment granting a peremptory writ of mandate commanding it to set aside a citation it issued to Dr. William Steinsmith. We reverse.

I

Steinsmith is a Board-licensed physician who performed disability evaluations of persons referred by the California Department of Social Services at the Bay View Medical Clinic (Clinic) in San Francisco beginning in 1993. Steinsmith was an independent contractor of the Clinic and the sole physician working there. He was cited by the Board in October 1997 for aiding the unlicensed…