| | Misconduct Description for DOH Webpage: | The physician did not contest the charge of committing professional misconduct by having been disciplined by the New Mexico Board of Medicine for violating prior Board stipulations and orders by unlawfully using mind-altering substances, and by willfully failing to subject himself to urine drug screenings as required by the Board; forging signatures on urine drug screening forms; prescribing large and varied amounts of controlled substances without adequate medical justification; engaging in injudicious and non-therapeutic prescribing of controlled substances, failing to screen patients for substance abuse disorders, diverting controlled substances for his own use; failing to maintain complete and accurate records, and falsifying records to justify prescribing of controlled substances, paying subordinates to create and/or complete medical records on his behalf; sexually harassed one or more members of his staff; leaving the office for extended periods during patient examination and/or treatment; engaging in disruptive behavior while practicing; failing to be honest and forthright to Board investigators as to his use of controlled substances; and failing to obtain prescription monitoring reports as legally required. The physician was also convicted in the Santa Fe County Magistrate Court for (1) count of reckless driving, a misdemeanor. Previously on November 29, 2013 the physician was subject to an indefinite license suspension for a period no less than twelve months. |
