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In Kansas,
there were disciplinary actions reported against 169
doctors including 10 who were disciplined for substance abuse, 10 for misprescribing or
overprescribing drugs, 4 for sexual abuse of or sexual misconduct with a patient, 18 for
substandard care, incompetence or negligence and 10 who were convicted of a crime. |
This web
site provides aggregate national and state data on doctor discipline. Names of those
doctors and their offenses are NOT included on the site. Web sites
with such information need to be frequently updated and we cannot do this because of
limited staff and resources available to continually monitor the information that we
receive from the 51 MD and 14 DO licensing boards and the federal government. This
website does provide direct links to the web sites of
those boards that have information available on the internet.
Detailed information on specific doctors who have been
disciplined is included in the book which can be purchased in
regional editions for $20. The book includes disciplinary actions taken against
doctors from 1990 through December 1999. |
The Kansas State Board of Healing Arts
provided a quarterly update of the disciplinary actions for each fiscal year, which runs
from July to June for the years 1990 through 1996. The lists include the physician's name,
degree, city of residence, and the date and type of action taken. The type of stipulation,
or consent order, was often not specified, and the reason for the action was never
specified. From 1992 through 1999, the Kansas Board sent orders which include the
physician's name, degree, license number, city and state of residence, date and type of
action taken, and the reason for the action. The orders include information on
modifications and terminations of board actions but not on court decisions affecting board
actions. Kansas informed us that no such actions had taken place. Many of the orders in
Kansas are settlement agreements between the doctor and the Board prior to a final
disciplinary action being taken. In 1997, Kansas started redacting information from some
of the orders citing privacy issues.
The information provided covers disciplinary actions taken against allopathic
physicians (MDs) and osteopathic physicians (DOs).
Besides disciplinary actions taken by the State Medical
Board, this listing also includes actions taken by the Medicare/Medicaid programs, the
FDA, and the DEA against physicians located in this state. Disciplinary actions taken by
other states against physicians located in Kansas or that match a physician disciplined by
Kansas are also included.
According to the Federation of State Medical Boards, Kansas
took 12 serious disciplinary actions against MDs and DOs in 1999. Compared to the 6,577
MDs licensed in the state, Kansas had a serious disciplinary action rate of 1.82 serious
actions per 1,000 MDs and ranked 45th on that list (see Table
A).
The tables below summarize the data Public Citizen received from Kansas.
Table 1. Disciplinary Actions Against MDs and DOs 1990 through 1999* |
Action |
Number |
Percent** |
| Revocation |
16 |
6.4% |
Surrender |
20 |
8.0% |
Suspension |
16 |
6.4% |
Probation |
5 |
2.0% |
Practice Restriction |
49 |
19.6% |
Action Taken Against Controlled Substance
License |
11 |
4.4% |
Other Actions |
133 |
53.2% |
| Total Actions |
250 |
100.0% |
* This table lists only the two most serious disciplinary actions taken
against a physician
** Percentages may not total 100% due to rounding.
Table 2. Offenses for which MDs and DOs were Disciplined
1990 through 1999* |
Offense |
Number |
Percent |
| Criminal Conviction |
12 |
8.3% |
Sexual Abuse of or Sexual Misconduct with a Patient |
4 |
2.8% |
Substandard Care, Incompetence or Negligence |
18 |
12.5% |
Misprescribing or Overprescribing Drugs |
10 |
6.9% |
Substance Abuse |
10 |
6.9% |
Disciplinary Action Taken Against License by Another
State or Agency |
31 |
21.5% |
Other Offenses |
59 |
41.0% |
Total Records With Offense Listed |
144 |
100.0% |
* Includes only those actions for which an offense was listed and for
which we had a corresponding term in our database.
Table 3. Disciplinary Actions Taken for Substandard Care,
Incompetence or Negligence |
Action |
Number |
Percent |
| Revocation |
1 |
3.4% |
Surrender |
3 |
10.3% |
Suspension |
1 |
3.4% |
Practice Restriction |
9 |
31.0% |
Fine |
1 |
3.4% |
| Reprimand |
3 |
10.3% |
| Other Actions |
11 |
37.9% |
Total Actions |
29 |
100.0% |
Table 4. Disciplinary Actions Taken for Criminal Conviction |
Action |
Number |
Percent |
| Revocation |
3 |
20.0% |
Surrender |
1 |
6.7% |
Suspension |
2 |
13.3% |
Emergency Suspension |
1 |
6.7% |
Fine |
1 |
6.7% |
Other Actions |
7 |
46.7% |
Total Actions |
15 |
100.0% |
| Table
5. Disciplinary Actions Taken for Misprescribing or Overprescribing Drugs |
Action |
Number |
Percent |
Surrender |
1 |
5.6% |
Suspension |
1 |
5.6% |
Probation |
1 |
5.6% |
Restriction of Controlled Substance License |
3 |
16.7% |
Fine |
3 |
16.7% |
Education |
6 |
33.3% |
Other Actions |
3 |
16.7% |
Total Actions |
18 |
100.0% |
| Table 6.
Disciplinary Actions Taken for Substance Abuse |
Action |
Number |
Percent |
| Surrender |
2 |
11.1% |
Suspension |
1 |
5.6% |
Probation |
1 |
5.6% |
Restriction of Controlled Substance
License |
1 |
5.6% |
Required to Enter an Impaired
Physician Program or Substance Abuse Treatment |
1 |
5.6% |
Other Actions |
12 |
66.7% |
Total Actions |
18 |
100.0% |
If you feel that your doctor has not given you
proper medical care or has mistreated you in any way--whether or not he or she is listed
in this report--it is important that you let your state medical board know. Even if they
do not immediately act on your complaint, it is important that the information be recorded
in their files because it is possible that other people may have filed or will file
complaints about the same doctor. Send a brief written description of what occurred to the
addresses below or call the phone numbers listed for more information on how to file a
complaint.
Address
Kansas Board of Healing Arts
Larry T. Buening, Jr., JD, Executive Director
235 SW Topeka Blvd.
Topeka, KS 66603-3068
(785) 296-7413
Fax: (785) 296-0852
Internet address: http://www.ksbha.org |
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