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News Release — May 22, 2006
MEDICAL BOARD OF CALIFORNIA
May 22, 2006
Medical Board of California Obtains
Suspension of La Jolla Physician's Medical License
SACRAMENTO—In response to a Stipulation to an Order of Suspension filed by Deputy Attorney General Mary Agnes Matyszewski on behalf of the Medical Board of California, Jacques Lemire, M.D. of La Jolla voluntarily agreed to a suspension of his medical license. The Order was signed yesterday by Administrative Law Judge Alan R. Alvord and bars Lemire from practicing medicine until the effective date of any Decision by the Medical Board. Medical Board Executive Director Dave Thornton stated, "The mission of the Medical Board is to protect healthcare consumers. We work diligently to achieve our mission by vigorously enforcing the Medical Practice Act."
On April 19, 2006, in United States of America v. Jacques Lemire, Criminal Case No. 06CR0867JM, Lemire was charged with one count of possession of visual depictions of minors engaged in sexually explicit conduct, in violation of Title 18, U.S.C. section 2252(a)(4)(B). He was arraigned on April 26, 2006, and released on $50,000 bond. On May 18, 2006, Lemire pled guilty to violating Title 18, U.S.C. section 2252(a)(4)(B) - "knowingly possessing one or more matters containing any visual depiction which has been mailed, shipped, or transported in interstate or foreign commerce, including by computer, where the production of such visual depiction involved the use of a minor engaging in sexually explicit conduct, and the visual depiction is of such conduct."
Lemire admitted that on January 20, 2004, he owned computers which he maintained at his residence in San Diego, owned CD's and other computer media, that he had access to at least two computer at his place of employment (UCSD Medical Center) and that at least one computer belonging to him contained more than 10, but less than 150, images of minors engaged in sexually explicit conduct. Several of the images possessed by Lemire depicted prepubescent minors engaged in sexually explicit conduct.
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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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