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News Release — May 28, 2004
MEDICAL BOARD OF CALIFORNIA
May 28, 2004
Medical Board Obtains Suspension of
Riverside Physician's License
SACRAMENTO—In response to a petition filed on May 26, 2004, by the Office of the Attorney General on behalf of the Medical Board of California, a full interim order of suspension was issued against the medical license of Philip Pierre-Louis, M.D., by Administrative Law Judge Stephen E. Hjelt. The suspension order which found Pierre-Louis to have violated the terms and conditions of his probation was immediately effective and prohibits him from practicing medicine while in effect.
In a prior case, on March 31, 1999, the Division of Medical Quality placed Pierre-Louis' medical license on probation for a period of four years. The petition to revoke probation alleges that, as one of the terms and conditions of his probation, Pierre-Louis must satisfactorily complete the assessment portion of the Physician Assessment and Clinical Education Program (PACE) offered by the University of San Diego School of Medicine. On November 12-13, 2003, he completed that portion of the program. It is further alleged that the results of that assessment indicate that Pierre-Louis lacks the knowledge, training and clinical judgment to safely practice medicine. The petition also alleges that, beginning at some unknown time and continuing to April 2, 2004, Pierre-Louis employed an unlicensed person to work as a physician assistant at his Los Angeles clinic and that on January 22 and March 8, 2004, Pierre-Louis wrote two prescriptions which were filled under his expired DEA certificate.
Pierre-Louis has been ordered to appear at the Office of Administrative Hearings in San Diego on June 15, 2004, to show cause, if any, why the suspension order should not remain in full force pending the issuance of a final decision by the Division of Medical Quality.
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