A patients’ rights advocate is criticizing the California Medical Board for allegedly imposing mild penalties for doctor misconduct. Marian Hollingsworth became a patient rights advocate after her father died from antipsychotic drugs prescribed without her knowledge or consent. “Consent forms were falsified,” Hollingsworth said on EpochTV’s “California Insider” program. After her father’s passing, the doctor involved was only “given a reprimand,” she said. Hollingsworth took to the medical board after learning of the doctor’s alleged negligence, but found the board is “more likely to be lenient on a doctor, especially for a considered first-time offense.” Members on the medical board are either appointed by the state Legislature or the governor, many of which are affiliated with the California Medical Association, a doctor lobbying group representing about a third of the doctors in the state. “The Medical Board of California’s mission is consumer protection, and it takes that mission very seriously,” …