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State Board of Chiropractic Examiners Chairman Richard Tyler issued a mea culpa Friday for the panel's questionable actions, even as the board refired its executive director and authorized a search for a permanent replacement. Acknowledging "gross errors in judgment," Tyler, appointed to the board by his longtime friend, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, began the meeting with a contrite statement reflecting on the board's actions in a meeting earlier this month. In that March 1 meeting, the board fired its executive director without due notice, ejected a deputy attorney general, endorsed a controversial procedure involving anesthesia and accredited a college despite the...

SACRAMENTO — Shortly before she was fired from her job Friday, the executive director of a state board appointed by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger accused its members of attempting to undermine a criminal prosecution of chiropractors and interfering with disciplinary actions against members of the profession. Catherine Hayes told the California Board of Chiropractic Examiners, which includes two friends from the governor's bodybuilding days, that it has been acting illegally and has deprived Californians of a strong regulatory agency that is supposed to protect the public. Hayes read her statement to board members, who then went into a closed session to...