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News Release — July 1, 2004
MEDICAL BOARD OF CALIFORNIA
July 1, 2004
Medical Board of California
Revokes License of Los Angeles County Physician
SACRAMENTO—The Medical Board of California has revoked the medical license of Woodland Hills physician Clifford Anthony Davis, M.D. The decision becomes effective July 1, 2004, at 5 p.m.
The Medical Board filed an Accusation against Davis on December 4, 2001, after he pled guilty to using a communication facility, a telephone, in committing, causing, and facilitating a felony drug offense. Specifically, Davis violated Title 21 of the United States Code, sections 846 and 841(a)(1), in conspiring to distribute a controlled substance, by using false and fraudulent prescriptions for the Schedule II (controlled substance) hydromorphone, without legitimate medical purpose and outside the usual course of professional medical practice.
On November 20, 2003, Davis pled guilty in federal court and was sentenced to serve 96 months followed by one year of probation with terms and conditions. On January 12, 2004, Davis was ordered to self-surrender to authorities at the Federal Metropolitan Detention Center in Los Angeles, where he is incarcerated at Taft Correctional Institute until November 12, 2010.
Davis failed to file a notice of defense in the mandated 15 days after being served with the Accusation by the Medical Board, giving the Board the authority to issue the June 1, 2004 Default Decision and Order revoking his license to practice medicine effective July 1, 2004.
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