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 Physician Last Name:Avetian
 Physician First Name:Charles
 Physician Middle Name:G.
 Address:Address redacted
 License Number:278884
 License Type:DO
 Year of Birth: 1962
 Effective Date:04/04/2018
 Action Description for DOH Webpage:Censure and reprimand with probation for two years and conditions. The physician must also comply with the terms of the June 22, 2017 Pennsylvania State Board Order. Later on June 30, 2023, the Administrative Review Board affirmed the Hearing Committee's determination and revoked the physician's New York State medical license.
 Misconduct Description for DOH Webpage:The physician did not contest the charge of having committed professional misconduct by having been disciplined by the Pennsylvania State Board of Osteopathic Medicine for authorizing butalbital prescriptions without performing a complete examination. The physician instead prescribed the medication based on an internet questionnaire which did not allow for a traditional patient-physician relationship.
  License Limitations or Conditions for DOH Webpage: 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.
 Board Order:
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BRD 278884.pdf