Steve Contorno & Lawrence Mower
www.miamiherald.com
Originally posted February 28, 2019
Less than a year ago, Domingo Cerra Fernandez was suspended from practicing medicine in the state of Florida.
The Ocala psychiatrist allegedly committed one of the cardinal sins of his discipline: He propositioned a patient to have a sexual and romantic relationship with him. He then continued to treat her.
But just months after his Florida suspension ended, Cerra Fernandez has a new job. He’s a senior physician at the North Florida Evaluation and Treatment Center, a maximum-security state-run treatment facility for mentally disabled adult male patients.
How did a recently suspended psychiatrist find himself working with some of Florida’s most vulnerable and dangerous residents, with a $196,000 annual salary?
The Department of Children and Families, which runs the facility, knew about his case before hiring him to a job that had been vacant for more than a year. DaMonica Smith, a department spokeswoman, told the Herald/Times that Cerra Fernandez was up front about his discipline.
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Showing posts with label Discipline. Show all posts
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Monday, April 1, 2019
Saturday, August 24, 2013
The Concept of “Conduct Unbecoming” as Applied to a Physician’s Extra-Medical Behavior
By THOMAS G. GUTHEIL, M.D., HOWARD E. BOOK, M.D., and ARCHIE BRODSKY, B.A.
Journal of Psychiatry & Law 39/Summer 2011
An approach analogous to the military concept of “conduct unbecoming an officer” is increasingly evident in the attempted management of physicians’ personal behavior by medical licensing entities—even when such behavior bears little or no relation to medical practice. This article surveys the genesis
of this approach, the social and professional forces that have encouraged attempts to regulate extra-medical activities, and the current status of pertinent guild rules and other professional guidelines. Two reported case examples are reviewed with critical commentary.
The entire article is here.
Thanks to Gary Schoener for this information.
Journal of Psychiatry & Law 39/Summer 2011
An approach analogous to the military concept of “conduct unbecoming an officer” is increasingly evident in the attempted management of physicians’ personal behavior by medical licensing entities—even when such behavior bears little or no relation to medical practice. This article surveys the genesis
of this approach, the social and professional forces that have encouraged attempts to regulate extra-medical activities, and the current status of pertinent guild rules and other professional guidelines. Two reported case examples are reviewed with critical commentary.
The entire article is here.
Thanks to Gary Schoener for this information.
Wednesday, June 20, 2012
Psychologist D. Laurence More surrenders license on charges of sex with two patients
Psychiatric Crimes Database
Originally published on June 11, 2012
On November 16, 2011, D. Laurence More, M.Ed. permanently surrendered his psychologist’s license to the Pennsylvania State Board of Psychology.
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More admitted that, approximately one month following termination, he commenced a personal relationship with the wife and further admitted that approximately two to three months later, he commenced a sexual relationship with her.
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More engaged in a sexual relationship with a different patient without first waiting two years after terminating professional services, as required by Board regulations.
The entire story is here.
Originally published on June 11, 2012
On November 16, 2011, D. Laurence More, M.Ed. permanently surrendered his psychologist’s license to the Pennsylvania State Board of Psychology.
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More admitted that, approximately one month following termination, he commenced a personal relationship with the wife and further admitted that approximately two to three months later, he commenced a sexual relationship with her.
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More engaged in a sexual relationship with a different patient without first waiting two years after terminating professional services, as required by Board regulations.
The entire story is here.
Saturday, April 14, 2012
Medical Boards Discipline Physicians for Online Behavior
By Jenni Laidman
Medscape Medical News
Originally published March 20, 2012
Most medical licensing boards have received at least 1 complaint about unprofessional online behavior by physicians, and many of these complaints resulted in serious disciplinary actions, including license revocation, according to a research letter published in the March 21 issue of JAMA.
S. Ryan Greysen, MD, from the Division of Hospital Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, and colleagues report that 48 (71%) of the 68 executive directors of medical licensing boards responded to the study survey. Of those, 44 (92%; 95% confidence interval [CI], 86% - 98%) indicated receiving at least 1 complaint about an online professional breach.
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"We've just found a new way to violate our own standards," Jason Jent, PhD, assistant professor of clinical pediatrics, Division of Clinical Psychology, Department of Pediatrics, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Florida, said to Medscape Medical News.
The entire story is here.
Medscape Medical News
Originally published March 20, 2012
Most medical licensing boards have received at least 1 complaint about unprofessional online behavior by physicians, and many of these complaints resulted in serious disciplinary actions, including license revocation, according to a research letter published in the March 21 issue of JAMA.S. Ryan Greysen, MD, from the Division of Hospital Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, and colleagues report that 48 (71%) of the 68 executive directors of medical licensing boards responded to the study survey. Of those, 44 (92%; 95% confidence interval [CI], 86% - 98%) indicated receiving at least 1 complaint about an online professional breach.
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"We've just found a new way to violate our own standards," Jason Jent, PhD, assistant professor of clinical pediatrics, Division of Clinical Psychology, Department of Pediatrics, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Florida, said to Medscape Medical News.
The entire story is here.
Thursday, August 25, 2011
California medical board fails to discipline 710 troubled doctors
By Molly Hennessy-Fiske, Los Angeles Times
California's medical board failed to discipline 710 troubled doctors even as they were disciplined by hospitals, surgical centers and other healthcare organizations in the state, according to a report released Tuesday.
The report by Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit Public Citizen was based on an analysis of doctors' records in the National Practitioner Data Bank from 1990 to 2009. The Department of Health & Human Services uses the data bank to track doctors' discipline, medical malpractice payments and other actions. The data released to Public Citizen did not name the doctors or their workplaces.
Of the doctors who escaped state discipline in California, 35% had racked up more than one disciplinary action from another entity, according to the report.
"If the hospital or HMO has taken action, why hasn't the board?" asked Dr. Sidney Wolfe, director of Public Citizen's health research group. "That's something that as a physician or a patient I would be worried about. Hospitals rarely discipline doctors. When they do, it's usually for very serious infractions."
Jennifer Simoes, a Medical Board spokeswoman, said officials have reviewed the report but more analysis is needed.
"We believe more data needs to be obtained, but like many state agencies, we have a 20% vacancy rate and we're trying to focus on our core functions," she said, noting that board officials had been contacted by Public Citizen about investigating the report's findings. "We told them we would do it when we had the resources." She said a state hiring freeze contributed to other deficiencies noted in the report.
At least 102 of the doctors who escaped discipline in California had their privileges to practice at a given facility suspended, limited or revoked after peer reviews, according to the report.
The entire story can be read here.
California's medical board failed to discipline 710 troubled doctors even as they were disciplined by hospitals, surgical centers and other healthcare organizations in the state, according to a report released Tuesday.The report by Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit Public Citizen was based on an analysis of doctors' records in the National Practitioner Data Bank from 1990 to 2009. The Department of Health & Human Services uses the data bank to track doctors' discipline, medical malpractice payments and other actions. The data released to Public Citizen did not name the doctors or their workplaces.
Of the doctors who escaped state discipline in California, 35% had racked up more than one disciplinary action from another entity, according to the report.
"If the hospital or HMO has taken action, why hasn't the board?" asked Dr. Sidney Wolfe, director of Public Citizen's health research group. "That's something that as a physician or a patient I would be worried about. Hospitals rarely discipline doctors. When they do, it's usually for very serious infractions."
Jennifer Simoes, a Medical Board spokeswoman, said officials have reviewed the report but more analysis is needed.
"We believe more data needs to be obtained, but like many state agencies, we have a 20% vacancy rate and we're trying to focus on our core functions," she said, noting that board officials had been contacted by Public Citizen about investigating the report's findings. "We told them we would do it when we had the resources." She said a state hiring freeze contributed to other deficiencies noted in the report.
At least 102 of the doctors who escaped discipline in California had their privileges to practice at a given facility suspended, limited or revoked after peer reviews, according to the report.
The entire story can be read here.
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