Every year, the Medical Board of California investigates thousands of allegations against hundreds of doctors for offenses that range from sexual misconduct, substance abuse, over-prescribing prescription medications, gross negligence that results in injury, and negligence that ultimately ends in death. Patient advocates and one of the Medical Board's own are now saying the system is skewed and those investigations favor the doctor over the patient. They say the board has rendered itself toothless in its discipline, where investigations take years to materialize and the discipline doled out is more a formality than an admonishment. MORE: https://www.cbs8.com/article/news/local/is-your-doctor-under-investigation-medical-board/509-4c716eda-1194-460a-87bc-c1b2c4dbe01b