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Nature of Suit Code: 550
Nature of Suit: Prisoner - Civil Rights (U.S. defendant)
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Prisoner Civil Rights

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BILL LOCKYER

Attorney General of the State of California

JAMES M. HUMES

Chief Assistant Attorney General

FRANCES T. GRUNDER

Senior Assistant Attorney General

ROCHELLE C. EAST

Supervising Deputy Attorney General

LISA A. TILLMAN, State Bar No. 126424

Deputy Attorney General

1300 I Street, Suite 125

P.O. Box 944255

Sacramento, CA 94244-2550

Telephone: (916) 327-7872

Fax: (916) 324-5205

Attorneys for Defendants 

CF1997CS0003

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

RALPH COLEMAN, et al.,

Plaintiffs,

v.

ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER, et al.,

Defendants.

CASE NO. CIV S-90-0520 LKK

JFM P

STIPULATION AND

ORDER RE:

CLINICAL COMPETENCY

OF PSYCHIATRISTS,

CONFIDENTIALITY OF

IDENTIFYING

INFORMATION

STIPULATION

I.

STIPULATION ON REVISED PROGRAM GUIDE LANGUAGE

The parties, by and through their counsel, have agreed that the Revised Program Guide

will state as follows:

A. All newly-hired psychiatrists must meet minimum credentialing criteria as

follows: 

Satisfactorily completed specialized training requirements in psychiatry

in programs that are accredited by the Accreditation Council for

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Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) or certified by the Royal College of

Physicians and Surgeons of Canada. 

 Two patterns of training are acceptable:

1. Three-Year Psychiatry Residency Program

A broad-based clinical year of ACGME-accredited training in internal medicine,

family practice, or pediatrics; or an ACGME-accredited transitional year program

that included a minimum of four months of primary care; or an ACGME

accredited residency in a clinical specialty requiring comprehensive and

continuous patient care.

 AND

Three full years of postgraduate, specialized residency training

in a psychiatry program accredited by the ACGME.

 OR

1. Four-Year Psychiatry Residency Program

Four years of training in an ACGME-accredited program in

psychiatry is acceptable. A psychiatry PGY-1 must include at least four

months in internal medicine, family practice, and/or pediatrics. This

training must be in a clinical setting that provides comprehensive and

continuous patient care. No more than one month of this requirement may

be fulfilled by an emergency medicine rotation, as long as the

experience predominantly involves medical evaluation and treatment,

rather than surgical procedure. Neurology rotations may NOT be used to

fulfill this four-month requirement.

If the candidate's training program(s) is not currently accredited by the ACGME,

CDCR shall research the history of the program(s) to determine if it was

accredited at the time the candidate attended and completed the training.

B. All psychiatrists hired before January 2006 must meet the above criteria or must

undergo a court-mandated evaluation of their clinical competency for employment in the position

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of psychiatrist with the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. 

C. In lieu of putting the deadline into the Revised Program Guide, the parties

stipulate that this process will be completed by June 1, 2007. 

D. Defendants shall make periodic reports to Special Master Keating and Plaintiffs'

counsel concerning the evaluation process and the progress towards completion and will

promptly notify Mr. Keating and Plaintiffs' counsel of any circumstances that threaten to prevent

or impede the completion of the process by June 1, 2007.

II.

STIPULATION FOR ENTRY OF PROTECTIVE ORDER

E. To the extent Defendants provide, by the request of the Special Master or Court,

Plaintiffs’ counsel with the identities of any psychiatrists hired before January 2006 who do not

meet the above minium credentialing criteria or who must undergo a court-mandated evaluation

of their clinical competency for employment in the position of psychiatrist with the California

Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, the parties stipulate that the information will be

subject to a seal imposed by this Court to ensure it is maintained on a confidential basis pursuant

to applicable court rules.

Dated: 8/9/06 /s/ Lisa Tillman 

Lisa A. Tillman, Esq.

Deputy Attorney General

Attorney for Defendants

Dated: 8/8/06 /s/ Michael Bien 

Michael W. Bien, Esq. 

Rosen, Bien & Asaro, LLP

Attorney for Plaintiffs

Dated: 8/10/06 /s/ Steve Fama 

Steve Fama, Esq.

Prison Law Office

Attorney for Plaintiffs

ORDER

This Court has reviewed the first portion of the above stipulation of the parties

concerning language to insert in the Revised Program Guide to address the clinical competency

of psychiatrists and hereby adopts it as an order of this court. 

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This Court has reviewed the second portion of the above stipulation of the parties

concerning the sealing of information containing or indicating the confidential nature of the

identities of those CDCR psychiatrists hired before 2006 who do not meet minimum 

credentialing criteria. The Court approves the stipulated seal and makes it an order of the court. 

Dated: September 8, 2006. 

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