The medical boards need to be dealt with.
Do the politicians care about this or judges?
First and foremost this is beyond awful. There are a lot of stories of board of medicine using the psych objective to ruin a doc. And the 30 day emergency suspension will turn into several years with board ordered counseling etc and will require the board to reinstate her license. Regardless of the outcome, she is besmirched beyond belief — and this should result in a massive law suit
The problem is that the BOMs are bureaucratic. I do not know the law in Maine, but if the government appoints the Chair of the board, it should be subject to review and revision. Where I am the BOM chart serves at the pleasure of the governor. I get the feeling, though, that the BOMs are far enough down the chain in the bureaucracy that it doesnt rise to the level of the executives attention.
And I imagine that livening in a state where the governor is a democrat, the BOM can be weaponized.
I genuinely hope that this doctor can afford a pit bull attorney and go after this Board and whomever promulgated this ruling with vengeance. This is where the AMA should draw a line — but that is beyond gone as a liberal organization, and I am certain that the certifying boards with their wokeness will probably strip this doc of her certification.
Perhaps she could have chosen her words more wisely, but this is abuse of the board plain and simple.