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News Release — June 12, 2007
MEDICAL BOARD OF CALIFORNIA
June 12, 2007
Medical Board of California obtains
suspension of San Francisco physician's medical license
SACRAMENTO—The Medical Board of California has obtained a "no practice" order against Jose Antonio Rosas, M.D. of San Francisco, effective June 11, 2007. Judge Harold Kahn of the Superior Court of the County of San Francisco signed the "no practice" order in response to a request by Deputy Attorney General Brenda Reyes, on behalf of the Medical Board. The board's request, filed pursuant to Penal Code section 23, was made following Rosas' violation of an existing protective order restricting his medical practice relative to treatment of female patients. Penal Code section 23 permits a licensing agency, in the interest of protecting the public, to make an appearance before the court in a criminal action against its licensee and to recommend that the licensee be prohibited from practicing medicine. Medical Board Executive Director Dave Thornton stated, "The mission of the Medical Board is to protect healthcare consumers. We work diligently to achieve our mission by vigorously enforcing the Medical Practice Act."
On June 7, 2007 Rosas was arrested by the San Francisco Police Department and charged with violations of Penal Code sections 289(d)(4) (sexual penetration where the victim is unconscious of the nature of the act); 368(b)(1) (willfully causing or inflicting unjustifiable pain or mental suffering on an elder adult); 243.4(e)(1) (sexual battery); and, 136.1(b)(1) (attempting to prevent and dissuade a victim from reporting). Rosas is accused of committing these acts during the examination of a female patient while he was released from custody in a felony offense, on bail and on his own recognizance.
On June 8, 2005, a seven count Amended Felony Complaint was filed in San Francisco Superior Court Case No. 2221229, alleging violations of Penal Code sections 289(d), 368(b)(1) and 245(a)(1) arising from defendant's sexual misconduct during the examination of two patients. On the same date, the court issued a protective order which prohibited Rosas from conducting any pelvic and gynecological exams. On August 9, 2005, a Second Amended Felony Complaint was filed in Case No. 2221229, alleging two additional Counts for violation of Penal Code sections 289(d) and one additional count for violation of Penal Code section 245(a)(1) arising from Rosas sexual misconduct during the examination of two additional patients.
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The mission of the Medical Board is to protect healthcare consumers through the proper licensing and regulation of physicians and surgeons and certain allied healthcare professions and through the vigorous, objective enforcement of the Medical Practice Act.
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