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 Physician Last Name:Mendez
 Physician First Name:Leovares
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 Address:Cumbre Medical Center, 710 E. Centerville Road, Garland, TX 75041
 License Number:215509
 License Type:MD
 Year of Birth: 1965
 Effective Date:12/04/2019
 Action Description for DOH Webpage:License suspension for twenty-four months effective June 14, 2019. Previously on June 24, 2019 the physician had been subject to an Interim Non-disciplinary Order of Conditions. The period of license suspension was terminated effective June 13, 2021.
 Misconduct Description for DOH Webpage:The Hearing Committee sustained the charges finding the physician guilty of having committed professional misconduct by having been disciplined by the Texas Medical Board for having violated the standard of care with one patient by prescribing controlled substances without appropriate documentation, as well as having entered into a Federal Temporary Restraining Order with the United States District Court, Northern District, Dallas Division for issuing prescriptions for a variety of controlled substances,which were all or in part issued without a legitimate medical purpose and outside the usual course of professional practice.
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 Board Order:
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BRD 215509.pdf
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HRG 215509.pdf