News Release — March 19, 2007

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March 19, 2007

Medical Board of California Revokes License of Pasadena Physician

SACRAMENTO—The Medical Board of California has revoked the medical license of Robert Clayton Bright, Jr., M.D. of Pasadena. The decision became effective on March 16, 2007. Medical Board Executive Director Dave Thornton stated, "The mission of the Medical Board is to protect healthcare consumers. We work diligently to achieve our mission by vigorously enforcing the Medical Practice Act."

Bright was accused of, and subsequently admitted to, violating Business and Professions Code sections 726 (sexual misconduct) and 2234, subdivision (b) (gross negligence), in his care and treatment of two of his male patients in 2003. At the time of the sexual abuse, Bright was employed as a psychiatrist by the Department of Mental Health of the County of Los Angeles, and was working at the Men's Central Jail. The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department conducted an operation which one of the patients, acting in an undercover capacity, was electronically recorded as Bright engaged in sexual misconduct during the provision of medical treatment.

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The mission of the Medical Board is to protect healthcare consumers through the proper licensing and regulation of physicians and surgeons and certain allied healthcare professions and through the vigorous, objective enforcement of the Medical Practice Act.

If you have a question or complaint about the healthcare you are receiving, the board encourages you to visit its Web site at www.mbc.ca.gov or for questions call the Consumer Information Line at (916) 263-2382, or with complaints call (800) 633-2322.

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