The Division of Medical Quality and the California Board of Podiatric Medicine shall adopt rules, pursuant to Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code, to govern the conduct of oral argument following nonadoption of a proposed decision. These rules shall preclude oral argument that exceeds the scope of the record of duly admitted evidence.

(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 708, Sec. 10.3. Effective January 1, 1996.)

Terms Used In California Business and Professions Code 2336

  • board: as used in this chapter means the Medical Board of California. See California Business and Professions Code 2002
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Oral argument: An opportunity for lawyers to summarize their position before the court and also to answer the judges' questions.
  • podiatric medicine: means the diagnosis, medical, surgical, mechanical, manipulative, and electrical treatment of the human foot, including the ankle and tendons that insert into the foot and the nonsurgical treatment of the muscles and tendons of the leg governing the functions of the foot. See California Business and Professions Code 2472
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