California Doctors Sue Medical Board to Undo DEI Requirement (1)

A California law mandating that all continuing medical education courses include diversity, equity, and inclusion training is unconstitutional, doctors say in a new lawsuit.

Ophthalmologist Azadeh Khatibi, anesthesiologist Marilyn Singleton, and Virginia-based nonprofit Do No Harm say that an “implicit bias” training provision, enforced by the Medical Board of California, violates the First Amendment rights of CME teachers.

The law compels CME presenters to give a message with which they may disagree and that hasn’t been proven to be effective in preventing disparities in health care, the doctors say in a complaint filed in the US District Court for the ...