Case library / Convictions, including the ones with nothing to do with therapy
The whole arc: conviction, probation, then surrender seven months later
In short
The whole arc: conviction, probation, then surrender seven months later?
Five years of probation, then surrender seven months in
SurrenderedThe clearest illustration in the dataset of what failing probation costs.
What happened
A DUI, then a conviction involving diverted drugs. Charged under §4982(a) with 16 CCR §1812, under §4982(c), and under 16 CCR §1845 for failing to provide arrest documentation within 30 days of the Board's request.
In June 2025 the outcome was revocation stayed with five years of probation.
Seven months later the license was surrendered under Condition 19 of that same order — the surrender-in-lieu-of-revocation condition that appears in every probation order the Board writes.
The surrender carries a three-year bar on reapplying and no right to petition for reinstatement.
What it was charged as
Conviction of a substantially related crime.
Dangerous drugs.
Failure to provide arrest documentation within 30 days of a Board request.
The outcome
Five years of probation, then surrender seven months in.
OAH No. 2024080354
No cost recovery stated in the orderWhat the rule actually says
Every probation order contains a surrender-in-lieu-of-revocation condition. When probation fails, the Board does not have to start again — it invokes the condition already in the order. That is why the fifteen standard probation conditions are worth reading before you agree to them, not after.
Where insurance reaches, and where it does not
Probation is the uninsured part of every case in this library. Monitoring costs of roughly $1,200 a year, ordered evaluations, supervised practice arrangements, remedial coursework that cannot count toward continuing education, and lost income during suspension are all borne by the licensee. Board-defense cover pays for the hearing, not for the sentence.
What would have changed it
- Take the terms seriously as a five-year operating constraint on your practice, not as paperwork. In the Board's own figures, 18 to 28 probations are revoked every year against 74 to 132 probationers — roughly one in five fails.
Source. This write-up is drawn from the signed public decision in the case number above. Names, cities and employers have been removed — why. To pull the original, open the Board's quarterly newsletter archive, find the issue covering June 26, 2025, then February 12, 2026, and match the case number in the Formal Disciplinary Actions section. Not legal advice.
