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In Louisiana,
there were disciplinary actions reported against 273
doctors including 55 who were disciplined for substance abuse, 16 for misprescribing or
overprescribing drugs, 59 for substandard care, incompetence or negligence and 22 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. |
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 Louisiana or that match a physician disciplined by Louisiana are
also included.
 Louisiana
Board Internet Address: http://www.lsbme.org This state has a web site which we have graded F on
a scale of A (best) to X (worst) as part of our February 2000 Survey of Doctor Disciplinary Information on State
Medical Board Web Sites. This grade is a measure of the completeness of the
information on disciplined doctors. Those state licensing boards with web sites make
independent choices about the type of information to be included on their site and how
often it is updated. |
The Federation of State Medical Boards
reports that Louisiana took 43 serious disciplinary actions against MDs in 1999. Compared
to the 11,581 MDs licensed in the state, Louisiana had a serious disciplinary action rate
of 3.71 serious actions per 1,000 MDs and ranked 23rd on that list (see Table A).
The tables below summarize the data Public Citizen received from Louisiana.
Table 1. Disciplinary Actions Against MDs and DOs 1990 through 1999* |
Action |
Number |
Percent** |
| Revocation |
24 |
4.8% |
Surrender |
24 |
4.8% |
Suspension |
91 |
18.0% |
Probation |
156 |
30.9% |
Practice Restriction |
38 |
7.5% |
Action Taken Against Controlled Substance
License |
52 |
10.3% |
Other Actions |
120 |
23.8% |
Total Actions |
505 |
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 |
22 |
7.5% |
Sexual Abuse of or Sexual Misconduct with a Patient |
0 |
0.0% |
Substandard Care, Incompetence or Negligence |
59 |
20.1% |
Misprescribing or Overprescribing Drugs |
16 |
5.4% |
Substance Abuse |
59 |
20.1% |
Disciplinary Action Taken Against License by Another
State or Agency |
71 |
24.2% |
Other Offenses |
67 |
22.8% |
Total Records With Offense Listed |
294 |
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 |
0.9% |
Surrender |
9 |
8.4% |
Suspension |
25 |
23.4% |
Probation |
32 |
29.9% |
Practice Restriction |
7 |
6.5% |
Fine |
7 |
6.5% |
Reprimand |
3 |
2.8% |
Other Actions |
23 |
21.5% |
Total Actions |
107 |
100.0% |
Table 4. Disciplinary Actions Taken for Criminal Conviction |
Action |
Number |
Percent |
| Revocation |
5 |
14.7% |
Surrender |
4 |
11.8% |
Suspension |
7 |
20.6% |
Probation |
8 |
23.5% |
Fine |
3 |
8.8% |
Other Actions |
7 |
20.6% |
Total Actions |
34 |
100.0% |
Table 5. Disciplinary Actions Taken for Misprescribing or Overprescribing
Drugs |
Action |
Number |
Percent |
| Revocation |
1 |
3.7% |
Surrender |
2 |
7.4% |
Revocation, Surrender, or Suspension of
Controlled Substance License |
5 |
18.5% |
Suspension |
3 |
11.1% |
Probation |
7 |
25.9% |
Restriction of Controlled Substance License
|
2 |
7.4% |
Education |
4 |
14.8% |
Other Actions |
3 |
11.1% |
Total Actions |
27 |
100.0% |
Table 6. Disciplinary Actions Taken for Substance Abuse |
Action |
Number |
Percent |
| Revocation |
1 |
0.9% |
Revocation, Surrender, or Suspension of
Controlled Substance License |
16 |
14.0% |
Suspension |
28 |
24.6% |
Emergency Suspension |
1 |
0.9% |
Probation |
31 |
27.2% |
Restriction of Controlled Substance License
|
5 |
4.4% |
| Required to Enter an Impaired Physician Program or Substance
Abuse Treatment |
21 |
18.1% |
Other Actions |
11 |
9.6% |
Total Actions |
114 |
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
Louisiana State Board of Medical
Examiners
Delmar Rorison, Executive Director
630 Camp Street
New Orleans, LA 70130
(504) 524-6763
Internet Address:
http://www.lsbme.org
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LOUISIANA