California Code, Business and Professions Code - BPC § 3758

(a) Any employer of a respiratory care practitioner shall report to the Respiratory Care Board of California any leave, resignation, suspension, or termination for cause of any practitioner in their employ.  The reporting required herein shall not act as a waiver of confidentiality of medical records.  The information reported or disclosed shall be kept confidential except as provided in subdivision (c) of Section 800, and shall not be subject to discovery in civil cases.

(b) For purposes of the section, “leave, resignation, suspension * * *, or termination for cause” is defined to mean any administrative leave, employee leave, resignation, suspension, or termination from employment for any of the following reasons:

(c) An owner, director, partner, or manager of a registry or agency that places one or more respiratory care practitioners at any facility to practice respiratory care shall report to the Respiratory Care Board of California pursuant to subdivision (a) if either of the following apply:

(d) Failure of an employer to make a report required by this section is punishable by an administrative fine not to exceed ten thousand dollars ($10,000) per violation.