Vo

—Thoi Thanh Vo appeals from a judgment denying his petition for a writ of administrative mandate (Code Civ. Proc., § 1094.5) after the California Board of Medical Quality Assurance (Medical Board) revoked his license to practice medicine.

Appellant contends the judgment must be reversed because he did not receive proper notice of the administrative revocation hearing. We affirm.

I

Facts

On June 4,1987, a jury convicted appellant of eleven counts of filing false Medi-Cal claims, one count of grand theft and one count of conspiracy to commit Medi-Cal fraud. (Welf. & Inst. Code, § 14107; Pen. Code, §§ 487, subd. 1 & 182, subd. (4).) The charges arose out of a scheme in which appellant employed “drivers” to obtain Medi-Cal stickers from eligible beneficiaries and to deliver those stickers to appellant’s offices. Appellant would write prescriptions covered by Medi-Cal for each sticker and would bill Medi-Cal for office visits and medical treatment never provided. The drivers would then take the signed prescriptions to a conspiring pharmacy where they were exchanged for goods (money, clothes, etc.) not covered by Medi-Cal. The pharmacy would pay the drivers for each…