Milan L. Hopkins M.D.

TO ALL MY PATIENTS, The California Board of Medical Quality Assurance, a division of the Department of Consumer Affairs, has asserted that, in order to comply with the minimal requirements of competent and professional practice, a physician must maintain periodic contact with patients under his/her continuing care. If more than six months pass without physician-patient contact, the Board considers that continued treatment is unprofessional and/or negligent. Therefore, I request that any patient of mine, who is receiving continuing care, such as prescribed or recommended medications, come in for an office visit patients need to be seen every six months. After six months without an office visit, I cannot consider that the patient is receiving competent and professional care, and further prescribing or recommending by me will put my professional license in jeopardy. If you are under treatment by another physician, it may be necessary to obtain the approval of that physician for medical cannabis use.