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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsDr. Bob Sears, critic of vaccine laws, could lose license after exempting toddler
http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-oc-vaccine-doctor-20160908-snap-story.html"Dr. Bob Sears, an Orange County pediatrician and nationally known critic of vaccination laws, faces the loss of his medical license after the state medical board accused him of improperly excusing a toddler from immunization and endangering both the child and the public.
The Medical Board of California contends in legal documents released Thursday that Sears committed gross negligence and deviated from standard practice when he issued a letter in 2014 prescribing no more vaccines for the child.
In the six-page accusation, the medical board faults Sears for failing to obtain a detailed history of a 2-year-old patients vaccines before writing the letter and instead relying on the childs mother, who described how the boy lost urinary function and went limp in response to previous immunizations.
By not providing an evidence-based recommendation, Sears left the child, his mother and future contacts at risk for preventable and communicable disease, according to the medical boards accusation.
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It's about time something was done about this guy.
joeybee12
(56,177 posts)LeftyMom
(49,212 posts)Patient zero in a measles outbreak in San Diego was one of his unvaccinated patients.
HuckleB
(35,773 posts)Sheesh!
LeftyMom
(49,212 posts)brought them back to San Diego and spread them to at least 11 kids. Over 100 kids were quarantined. "Dr. Bob" admitted patient zero was his patient at least twice: on NPR and on Dr. Oz's show.
proverbialwisdom
(4,959 posts)Last edited Sun Sep 11, 2016, 02:13 PM - Edit history (1)
Read the SB277 Signing Statement by Governor Brown: https://www.gov.ca.gov/docs/SB_277_Signing_Message.pdf
George Fatheree is a Loyola law professor and Harvard College graduate. Listen to his testimony on SB277 last June.
His healthy baby boy suffered serious adverse reactions to vaccination after two appointments for routine preventive care and subsequently developed a severe seizure disorder among other conditions. In view of his infant son's experiences, his "family's belief in genetic susceptibility" to vaccine injury, and the Signing Statement by Governor Brown, Fatheree has the legal and moral right to seek a medical exemption for his daughter. Pediatrician/zealot Pan would likely decline, Dr Sears (Bob or Jim)
https://www.facebook.com/JimSears.TheDoctors/photos/a.10150367551756003.349718.182903081002/10153391553341003
Ironically, the more publicity about this matter the better. The overreach will backfire.
HuckleB
(35,773 posts)Last edited Mon Sep 12, 2016, 08:12 PM - Edit history (1)
http://theness.com/neurologicablog/index.php/anti-vaccine-doctor-bob-sears-faces-disciplinary-action/
awoke_in_2003
(34,582 posts)they need to go after pharmacists who won't dispense birth control, too.
proverbialwisdom
(4,959 posts)Medical board reinstated convicted felons
Sept. 2, 2010
Updated March 18, 2015 10:22 p.m.
By COURTNEY PERKES / THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER
In the past 10 years, the California Medical Board has reinstated the licenses of doctors who were convicted of sexually assaulting patients, defrauding insurance companies of millions and hiring hit men to kill their wives.
Although some doctors spent as much time in prison as they did in medical school, they were most often able to show rehabilitation and given a second chance to treat patients.
"There are some things that people have done, and I don't care how remorseful you are, you shouldn't get your license back," said Julie D'Angelo Fellmeth, a San Diego attorney hired by the state in 2003 to report on the board's enforcement practices.
The Orange County Register examined records of 123 doctors who sought reinstatement in the past decade after they lost their licenses for misconduct or negligence. More than half were able to satisfy a judge and the medical board that they were fit to practice. Among the 66 who were reinstated, 16 got into trouble again.
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Q&A with Courtney Perkes: How California Medical Board Reinstated Convicted Felon Doctors
By William Heisel
June 11, 2010
LeftyMom
(49,212 posts)She was only appointed in 2009, so the previous problems can't be laid at her feet. http://www.mbc.ca.gov/About_Us/Members/
I'm glad Governor Brown's appointees are cleaning house and getting rid of dangers to the public like Dr. Bob. He's already caused at least one disease outbreak by his own admission.
HuckleB
(35,773 posts)Last edited Mon Sep 12, 2016, 08:12 PM - Edit history (1)
http://theness.com/neurologicablog/index.php/anti-vaccine-doctor-bob-sears-faces-disciplinary-action/Codeine
(25,586 posts)Please take your filthy anti-vaxx nonsense elsewhere.
Major Nikon
(36,827 posts)Not surprisingly