Proposed measure would require doctor drug tests
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}A proposed state ballot measure would require doctors to be randomly subjected to drug and alcohol testing.
The San Francisco Chronicle reports the so-called "Pee in the Cup" initiative is being pushed by Bob Pack, a technology mogul and former executive at AOL and NetZero.
Pack's campaign, already armed with $2 million in funding, will be launched this summer. He is touting a new poll showing 85 percent of California voters would support random testing of physicians.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}The newspaper says the initiative might also seek to lift the cap on damages in medical malpractice cases.
The goal is to get the measure on the November 2014 ballot.
A spokesperson for the California Medical Association calls the effort by Pack a "publicity stunt."