Zuckerman v. State Board of Chiropractic Examiners

*36Opinion

KENNARD, J.

Under California law, the State Board of Chiropractic Examiners (Board) may discipline any chiropractor who engages in professional misconduct. A chiropractor accused of misconduct is entitled to a hearing before an administrative law judge, whose proposed decision is reviewed by the Board. A chiropractor found to have committed misconduct may be ordered to pay the “reasonable costs of investigation and prosecution of the case,” including attorney fees, that the Board incurred “up to the date of the hearing . . . .” (Cal. Code Regs., tit. 16, § 317.5.)

Here, a disciplined…