Zabetian

Plaintiff Mohsen Zabetian appeals from the judgment denying his petition for a writ of mandate to set aside the order of the Medical Board of California (the Board), which imposed a two-year probationary period for two “[r]epeated negligent acts.” (Bus. & Prof. Code, § 2234, subd. (c).)

Zabetian claims the phrase “[r]epeated negligent acts,” as used in section 2234, requires more than two negligent acts. We disagree.

Treating the appeal as a petition for extraordinary relief in the nature of mandamus to review the decision of the trial court, we shall deny the petition. (§ 2337.)

Factual and Procedural Background

The Board disciplined Zabetian for two acts of negligence, both involving the same 15-year-old patient.

The first incident consisted of Zabetian’s leaving town while his patient was in intensive care at Moreno Valley Hospital without securing coverage for the patient. Zabetian was also on call at the hospital’s emergency room during that time, and failed to secure coverage for his emergency room on-call duties as well.

The second incident involved Zabetian’s subsequent diagnosis and treatment of the patient. Zabetian performed an emergency appendectomy on…