Dr. Phil investigated by psychology board (Psychologist filed complaint as result of Britney mess)

[Amerigo Vespucci]

Dr. Phil is the target of a complaint filed with the California Board of Psychology. When Dr. Phil attempted to counsel Britney he was technically practicing without a license which is a felony, according to TMZ:

We've learned the person who filed the complaint is a psychologist. Dr. Phil has never been licensed to practice in California, and he retired his Texas license in 2006.
The psychologist who filed the complaint also alleges Dr. Phil violated HIPAA laws by "discussing or divulging a patient's medical condition ... with the media," in reference to a press release issued by Dr. Phil.

The psychologist is also passing around a petition to others in the field to have Dr. Phil removed from the air. So some good actually came of this whole debacle. At this point, I pretty much expected Satan to rise up from the earth and play guitar in front of Britney’s house. Dammit. Now I have to wait until she gets pregnant.

http://thesuperficial.com/2008/01/dr_phil_investigated_by_psycho.php

[Pale Blue Dot]

1. Good. nt

[DeepBlueC]

2. It's about bloody time!

The man is a disgrace.

[Richard Steele]

3. Good! nm

[Oeditpus Rex]

4. Oprah will not be pleased

http://www.smh.com.au/ffximage/2007/10/30/oprah_wideweb__470x312,0.jpg

[Amerigo Vespucci]

6. Oprah is not my moral compass...

...and I FEEL SO GOOD for saying that.

:toast:

[Oeditpus Rex]

10. You misunderstand

I meant Oprah will not be pleased with the complainant, the California Board of Psychology and probably TMZ, and will destroy them.

:scared:

[hisownpetard]

18. Actually, I think she's pretty phed up with Phil, too.

And, if she's not, she should be.

[Oeditpus Rex]

20. You think she'll phuck him over?

[hisownpetard]

22. She'll phlip him the bird by phiring him really phast!

[SPKrazy]

5. Great!

this is good news to me

unlicensed TV shrinks shouldn't be allowed to deal with people with real problems.

[Amerigo Vespucci]

7. Next on the list: Cedars-Sinai...

...there were many questions raised as to why he was allowed access to her, and all of the questions remain unanswered. They should also be held accountable.

[SPKrazy]

8. absolutely

unless she requested him to come

he had no right

HIPPA was violated

big fines

lawsuits

OOPS

[Kutjara]

17. It's very simple.

Dr. Phil is a celebrity and celebrities can do whatever they like. It's probably a felony in California for someone to impede a celebrity in the execution of their famousness.

Don't you know that celebrity confers super powers and additional rights not mentioned in the Constitution? A SWAT team would have leveled Cedars-Sinai if they'd dared to stand in Dr. Phil's divinely-anointed way.

[BlueIris]

25. No shit.

Phil and his enablers need to be stopped.

[Orsino]

9. If "Dr" Phil's mix of schadenfreude and slogans counts as practicing...

...I don't think the Board really wants to draw attention to that fact.

[Rabrrrrrr]

11. I hope the penalty for that in California is being shot in the head by Jimmy Carter on live TV

during American Idol.

[Initech]

12. Dr. Phil is a demon set loose on the earth to lower the standards.

It's good that the fat fuck is finally being taken down!

[Turbineguy]

13. Psychologist?

Come on! He's an entertainer. So is she. This is just good publicity.

[JohnnyLib2]

14. Very good news.

He was way over the (confidentiality) line IMO.

[Hatchling]

15. Hell, yes!

The man is a danger.

[AlCzervik]

16. so this is the kind of celebrity crapola i like, i cannot stand Dr. Phil and just sent

this to my Dr. Phil loving friend, i've been waiting for a very long time for this. thank you.

[hisownpetard]

19. This is the best news I've heard since Glen Beck's hemorrhoidectomy!

Dr. Phil is a charlatan and a disgrace.
Jerry Springer on steroids.
Sigmund Freud meets Gomer Pyle.

And, speaking of piles - how IS Glen Beck doing?:toast:

[Deep North]

21. Dr. Philgood...

is in the dictionary...

quack - an untrained person who pretends to be a physician and who dispenses medical advice
doc, doctor, physician, Dr., MD, medico - a licensed medical practitioner;
charlatan, mountebank - a flamboyant deceiver; one who attracts customers with tricks or jokes

[DarkTirade]

23. ....

:rofl:

[madeline_con]

24. Where is the proof of his...

"discussing or divulging a patient's medical condition ... with the media," ?

Does he have her medical records, or did he speculate and get attacked for "counseling" her?

Which is not against the law, BTW.