California Bill Punishes Doctors for Speaking to Patients about COVID-19

California might as well be a third world country.

The state’s governor, Gavin Newsom, just signed California Assembly Bill 2098, which aims to censor what doctors can tell their patients about COVID-19.

The bill gives medical boards the ability to punish doctors who spread “misinformation” about COVID-19 to their patients.

California physicians who refuse to adhere to the rules and guidelines set by politicians about the nature of the coronavirus and/or vaccine could see their medical licenses revoked.

That statute reads: “It shall constitute unprofessional conduct for a physician and surgeon to disseminate misinformation or disinformation related to COVID-19, including false or misleading information regarding the nature and risks of the virus, its prevention and treatment; and the development, safety, and effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccines.”

Seriously, can we just be 49 United States now?..

This new California law is dangerous…but maybe this draconian assault on liberty, choice and medical practices will be the wake up call Americans need.

We’re sliding quickly toward a Chinese communist slave system.

Fight back now. https://t.co/633wVpLyKF

— Bill Spadea (@BillSpadea) October 11, 2022

The New York Post has more on yet another Orwellian development in California:

Gov. Gavin Newsom recently signed California Assembly Bill 2098, making it the first state to attempt to censor what physicians can say about COVID-19 to their patients. This is a dangerous, and likely unconstitutional, effort that other states must resist.

The statute instructs that “It shall constitute unprofessional conduct for a physician and surgeon to disseminate misinformation or disinformation related to COVID-19, including false or misleading information regarding the nature and risks of the virus, its prevention and treatment; and the development, safety, and effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccines.”

California law requires the Medical Board of California to take action — up to and including license revocation — against any licensed physician charged with unprofessional conduct. But under the First Amendment, content-based speech regulation by government entities is presumptively unconstitutional and may be justified only if the government proves that it is narrowly tailored to serve compelling state interests.

A 2018 Supreme Court case, National Institute of Family and Life Advocates v. Becerra, held that professional speech — speech by licensed practitioners based on their expert knowledge and judgment — is protected by the First Amendment.

The court, though, did suggest that regulations of professional conduct that incidentally burden speech might be allowed. Speech that is part of the practice of medicine has historically been subject to reasonable licensing and regulation by states.

REPORT: California Looks to Pass Nation’s First Law to Punish Doctors for COVID 'Misinformation'…

You HEARD THAT RIGHT, the Government wants to override 'certain' licensed physicians..

— Chuck Callesto (@ChuckCallesto) September 8, 2022

BREAKING: California Governor Gavin Newsom has made it illegal for doctors to express dissent with state health authorities on COVID-19. https://t.co/GKqHPUCeZO

— Keean Bexte (@TheRealKeean) October 11, 2022

California just made it illegal for physicians to disagree with politicians.

Where's the "follow the science" crowd now?

— Mark Meuser (@MarkMeuser) October 11, 2022

North Korea just passed a law that allows it to revoke the medical license of doctors who spread “Covid misinformation”.

Sorry for the typo, this law was enacted in California, not in North Korea. pic.twitter.com/64ARzqb3xS

— Dr. Eli David (@DrEliDavid) October 1, 2022

Gavin Newsom signs bill making it easier to punish California doctors who spread COVID 'misinformation,' top epidemiologist warns: 'Chilling interference with the practice of medicine' https://t.co/4WLVge0FKi

— TheBlaze (@theblaze) October 3, 2022

Newsome apparently signed the new bill earlier this month according to our friends at the Blaze:

California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) signed a controversial bill that would enable medical boards to discipline doctors who are believed to spread “misinformation” about COVID-19 to patients. The new legislation could punish California physicians and surgeons who don’t toe the line with the revocation of their medical license.

On Friday, Newsom signed into law Assembly Bill 2098.

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“Assembly Bill 2098 provides that the dissemination of misinformation or disinformation related to COVID-19 by physicians and surgeons to a patient under their direct care constitutes unprofessional conduct,” Newsom said in a statement.

Newsom specified that AB 2098 only applies to “discussions directly related to COVID-19 treatment within a direct physician-patient relationship.”

https://twitter.com/backtolife_2023/status/1580303515695861760?s=20&t=Yi17tWjtwkcaVwJOE2scSg

California’s new law allows the state to revoke the licenses of doctors who give medical advice that runs counter to the official govt narrative on COVID — even when what doctors say is proven true. The CDC and FDA continue to say the vaccines are safe & effective.

— Maggiemay611 (@Maggiemay611) October 10, 2022

Gavin Newsom has signed a bill that will allow the California medical board to punish doctors for sharing “misinformation” about covid. Doctors can now lose their licenses simply for disagreeing with “the experts.” This is a clear and disturbing violation of the First Amendment.

— alex gutentag (@galexybrane) October 1, 2022

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