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Prescription Drugs

A doctor accused of overprescribing controlled substances need not comply with a subpoena from the California Medical Board for patients’ records, a appeals court ruled, finding that “the subpoena was not supported by competent evidence of good cause.”

LOS ANGELES — A doctor accused of overprescribing controlled substances need not comply with a subpoena from the California Medical Board for patients’ records, an appeals court ruled, finding that “the subpoena was not supported by competent evidence of good cause.”

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