Your Doctor Was Arrested for Sexual Abuse. The State Says He Can Still Treat You.

Your Doctor Was Arrested for Sexual Abuse. The State Says He Can Still Treat You. So here's a fun scenario for you. You're looking for a sleep specialist. Your primary care doctor refers you to one in the Bay Area. You wait months for an appointment. You show up at his office on October 15th. And three weeks earlier, that same doctor was arrested for sexual battery against another patient. But you don't know that. Nobody told you. His public profile with the Medical Board of California? Clean. His office? Still open. His waiting room? Full of patients who had no idea they were sitting in the same building as a man who allegedly asked a job applicant to have sex with him for money. This is not a hypothetical. This is exactly what happened to Lily Ma. "I walked into the office, and when I got there, they told me that my appointment was canceled," Ma told NBC Bay Area's Investigative Unit. "I had no idea that doctor was under investigation... I think that should be public knowledge. It's for public safety, correct?" Yes. It's for public safety. But public safety is apparently not the Medical Board of California's top priority. Dr. Sanjay Agarwal was arrested in September 2025. By the time Ma showed up in October, the Board's public profile showed no disciplinary action. Five months after his arrest. Nothing. Why? Because the Medical Board of California takes three to four years to investigate a case. Three. To. Four. Years.