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The Board asked for $10,778. The judge ordered $4,000.
In short
The Board asked for $10,778. The judge ordered $4,000.?
Probation reinstated for three years. Costs reduced from $10,778 to $4,000
$4,000How §125.3 cost recovery actually gets decided.
What happened
On a petition to revoke probation, the Board sought $10,778 in costs — the largest cost-recovery request in a probation matter in this dataset.
The final order set the amount at $4,000 and reinstated probation for three years.
What it was charged as
Cost recovery. The certified cost statement is prima facie evidence of reasonable costs; the ALJ may reduce or eliminate the award, but may not increase it.
The outcome
Probation reinstated for three years. Costs reduced from $10,778 to $4,000.
OAH No. 2023110124
$4,000ordered in cost recovery under B&P §125.3 — reduced from a $10,778 request.What the rule actually says
Cost recovery is genuinely contestable, and it is the part of a disciplinary case respondents most often concede without argument. The Board's own figures show why it matters: across four years it ordered $229,823 in cost recovery and collected $67,857. The published statement is a starting point, not an invoice.
Where insurance reaches, and where it does not
Since no policy pays cost recovery, every dollar argued off it is a dollar out of the licensee's own pocket. That makes it one of the few places where paying a lawyer has a directly measurable return.
What would have changed it
- Ask for the certified cost statement and read it. It itemizes investigator and Attorney General time, and the reasonableness of each line is the thing in issue.
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, and match the case number in the Formal Disciplinary Actions section. Not legal advice.
