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California's new bill which will discipline doctors for spreading COVID-19 "misinformation" is a "chilling" indication of the Democrats' position toward free speech in the state, GWU law professor Jonathan Turley told Fox News on Monday. California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Monday signed what some are calling the most controversial bill to come out of the pandemic, which seeks to punish doctors and possibly suspend their medical licenses for spreading "misinformation" to patients on key issues, including vaccinations and medications. Turley, a Fox News contributor and legal scholar, ripped the legislation in an appearance on "America Reports" later Monday, calling the...

Three professional medical associations have backed a bid to strip doctors who speak out against the novel COVID-19 inoculations of their ability to practice medicine. On Thursday, September 9, the American Board of Pediatrics, the American Board of Family Medicine, and the American Board of Internal Medicine released a joint statement supporting the Federation of State Medical Boards’ (FSMB) July 29 decision that all boards should revoke or suspend the license and certification of doctors who question the safety of the experimental COVID-19 jabs. “We at the American Board of Family Medicine (ABFM), the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM),...

SPRINGFIELD — State Sen. Chapin Rose is seeking an investigation into a probe by Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s administration into a Mahomet-Seymour school board member’s position on the state’s school mask mandate. The Mahomet Republican said Thursday that he filed the complaint with the Office of the Executive Inspector General on the advice of his caucus’s ethics officer. The issue centers on Carle Health sports-medicine physician Dr. Jeremy Henrichs, who is also a member of the Mahomet-Seymour school board. In an Aug. 11 email, the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation asked Henrichs for a detailed statement on his opinion...

Birx Is No Longer Licensed To Practice Medicine In Pennsylvania Dr. Deborah Birx, a member of the White House Coronavirus Task Force, has an expired medical license. Birx, who was appointed by former President Barack Obama to serve as United States Global AIDS Coordinator in 2014, graduated from the Pennsylvania State University medical school in 1980. She was issued a medical license in Pennsylvania in 1987.That license expired on December 31, 2014, and it has not been renewed since then, according to the Pennsylvania Licensing System Verification Service, courtesy of the Pennsylvania Department of State.Birx, who is listed as residing in...

Doctors’ house calls are considered a thing of the past, but not in the appointment book of Dr. Carrol Frazier Landrum, an 88-year-old physician from Edwards, Mississippi. The good doctor will see you no matter who you are, where you are, or how much money you have — as long his 2007 Toyota Camry can deliver him to your location. But now his state’s medical board wants to see him gone. Dr. Landrum, a WWII veteran, was forced to make a change after crime drove him from his Edwards, Mississippi, office two years ago, and he couldn’t find another space...

Abortion Practitioner Loses Medical License Permanently Annapolis, MD -- Abortion practitioner George Shepard, Jr., of Delaware who assisted with abortions at the Maryland business of embattled abortion practitioner Steven Chase Brigham has permanently lost his medical licence. http://LifeNews.com/state-5713

SALT LAKE CITY — State officials refused this week to reinstate the license of a Utah County physician who was jailed in 2009 after his conviction on charges that he traded prescription drugs for sexual favors. Members of the state's Physicians Licensing Board rejected Dr. Max Cannon's second bid to have his medical license reinstated after a hearing earlier this year in which Cannon blamed bipolar disorder for his past conduct. Cannon had submitted a previous application for reinstatement of his license in February 2008, about 10 days after he was arrested during a hotel sex-sting operation involving a patient....

Los Angeles, CA -- An abortion practitioner in California, Nolan Jones, has lost his medical license after the state medical board determined he falsified medical reports. The California Medical Board revoked the license, effective April 20, after determining Jones falsified the medical records of two non-abortion patients.

Suspended doctor seeks legal help, hasn't released records WALHALLA — A Seneca physician who had his medical license suspended last month following a series of drunk and disorderly conduct arrests applied Monday for a public defender to represent him in General Sessions Court. Although he made the application in person at the county courthouse, Antonio Felipe Amaya has yet to make available the medical records his patients need to continue their treatment elsewhere. And now the state board of medical examiners is saying it is powerless to seize those records or deliver them to patients. Dr. Amaya had his medical...

Mayor's brother guilty of practicing medicine without a license BY LAUREL ALMADA Times staff writer A Laredo man charged with practicing medicine without a license pleaded no contest to the charge Thursday in County Court at Law Number Two in exchange for a $1,500 fine. The man identified by numerous attorneys as Mayor Betty Flores' brother, Efrain Garcia, 52, entered into the plea agreement within the confines of presiding Judge Jesus Garza's chambers. He was alleged to have practiced medicine without a license, a class "A" misdemeanor offense, on Sept. 22, 2001. Although Garcia was scheduled for arraignment Thursday, he...

I just received via email, the information that Howard Dean's medical license expired in February 2003. Has anybody else heard this or have information?

Doctor still at work after hiring hitman State takes slow steps to revoke license Copyright 2002 Houston Chronicle Medical Writer A Houston doctor sentenced in a murder-for-hire plot earlier this year is continuing to practice medicine while state regulators fight to revoke his license. May 2003 -- more than a year after his trial -- is the earliest that Dr. Armando Sanchez could lose his license under the Texas State Board of Medical Examiners' much-criticized disciplinary process. Sanchez practices general and occupational medicine at Clinica Azteca at 900 Wayside. Sanchez, 47, was arrested and charged in October 2000 with solicitation...