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News Release — December 8, 2004
MEDICAL BOARD OF CALIFORNIA
December 8, 2004
Medical Board of California Obtains a Partial
Suspension of Pine Grove Physician's Medical License
SACRAMENTO—In response to a Petition filed by the Office of the Attorney General on behalf of the Medical Board of California, Administrative Law Judge Jaime Roman issued an order on December 3, 2004 partially suspending the medical license of Henry L. Fuller, M.D. of Pine Grove. The order bars Fuller from treating female patients pending the outcome of a December 20, 2004 hearing at the Office of Administrative Hearings in Sacramento.
The Petition for Interim Order of Suspension, filed by Deputy Attorney General Daniel Turner, alleges that Fuller committed multiple acts of sexual abuse and misconduct (Business and Professions Code section 729), as well as multiple acts of unprofessional conduct (Business and Professions Code section 2234), in his care and treatment of two female patients.
The Petition is in response to a complaint filed with the Amador County Sheriff's Office by one of Fuller's patients alleging that he had inappropriately touched her in a sexual nature on several occasions while she was a patient. As part of the investigation, Amador County sheriff officers contacted and interviewed Fuller at his office regarding the allegations of sexual misconduct. During the interview, Fuller acknowledged that he had been giving the patient superficial massages for two or three years during office visits although the patient never asked for the massages. He stated that he gave the massages while the patient wore nothing over her breasts and that her pants were pulled down below her hips and that he rubbed the patient's inner thighs and buttocks. Fuller also stated that he thought the patient enjoyed the massages, and admitted it was sexual in nature and inappropriate. An arrest warrant was issued and Fuller was charged with one count of violating Penal Code section 289(d) (sexual penetration with a foreign object), a felony, and two counts of section 243.4(c) (sexual battery by fraud) a felony.
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The mission of the Medical Board is to protect healthcare consumers through the proper licensing and regulation of physicians and surgeons and certain allied healthcare professions and through the vigorous, objective enforcement of the Medical Practice Act.
If you have a question or complaint about the healthcare you are receiving, the board encourages you to visit its Web site at www.caldocinfo.ca.gov or for questions call the Consumer Information Line at (916) 263-2382, or with complaints call (800) 633-2322.
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