Filing an anonymous complaint

09/14/22 • 20 min

Can you file an anonymous complaint with the North Carolina Medical Board? The short answer is "yes", but there are some things you need to know first. In this episode of MedBoard Matters, host, Jean Fisher Brinkley talks with the Board's Complaints Manager, Shikha Sinha about the whys and the hows and covers the possible issues with trying to stay anonymous when filing a complaint against a doctor or PA.
Host: Jean Fisher Brinkley
Guest: Shikha Sinha
Producer: Sylvia French-Hodges

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MedBoard Matters - Filing an anonymous complaint

Transcript

Podcast introduction: 0:10
Sometimes the answer to a yes or no question isn't so...yes or no. On this episode of MedBoard Matters, we will be discussing one such question, which is, does the North Carolina Medical Board accept anonymous complaints? Now, the short answer is, yes, we do. But the actual answer and by that, I mean the answer that most fully addresses the concerns of the person asking to be anonymous is a lot more nuanced. Let's try it again. Does the North Caro