| | Physician Last Name: | Odulaja |
| | Physician First Name: | Kolawole |
| | Physician Middle Name: | Ademuyiwa |
| | Address: | Address redacted |
| | License Number: | 219745 |
| | License Type: | MD |
| | Year of Birth: |
1958
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| | Effective Date: | 06/12/2017 |
| | Action Description for DOH Webpage: | Censure and reprimand with probation for twenty-four months with conditions. The physician was fined $2,500 and must provide ninety days advance written notice to the Director of the Office of Professional Medical Conduct before resuming the practice of medicine in New York State. The physician must also comply with the June 10, 2016 Texas State Board Order. Later on January 28, 2020, the Administrative Review Board affirmed the Hearing Committee's September 20, 2019 determination and penalty of censure and reprimand and a permanent restriction prohibiting the physician from prescribing controlled substances. On March 19, 2020 the physician was subject to a Directors First Modification order. |
| | Misconduct Description for DOH Webpage: | The physician did not contest the charges of having committed professional misconduct by having been disciplined by the Texas State Medical Board for providing treatment grossly below the standard of care; prescribing controlled substances for non-therapeutic purposes; treating a patient with hydrocodone and alprazolam for more than six months without a treatment plan; failing to perform an adequate physical exam; failing to obtain medical records from the prior treating physician; failing to require urinary drug screening for monitoring and prescribing alprazolam for anxiety without an adequate diagnosis and without a psychotherapy referral. |
| | License Limitations or Conditions for DOH Webpage: | The physician must provide ninety days advance written notice to the Director of the Office of Professional Medical Conduct before resuming practice in New York State and during the period of probation the physician may only practice medicine when his practice is being monitored by a licensed physician, board certified in an appropriate specialty. |
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