Opinion ID: 788414
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Heading Rank: 2

Heading: Kaiser's Report to the Respiratory Care Board

Text: 15 On July 23, 1999, Schade reported Pardi's termination to the Respiratory Care Board (RCB), the regulatory body that oversees the practice of respiratory care in California. Schade stated that she believed that the report was mandated by California Business and Professions Code § 3758, which requires employers to report to the RCB any suspensions and terminations for cause of respiratory care practitioners, and punishes noncompliance with a fine of up to $10,000. 2 Schade claims she believed that the two charges of entering false times on patients' charts fell within the provision for falsification of medical records. This was the only basis for her report to the RCB. 16 Kaiser admits that it did not have a policy of reporting all terminations of respiratory care practitioners to the RCB. As of January 21, 2002, Pardi's termination was the only one that it had reported to the RCB since January 1, 1996.