What Happened
The Board denied reinstatement of an internist's license and will not accept further applications for reinstatement for 5 years.
The Board found that the physician failed to meet his burden of demonstrating the requisite qualities for reinstatement in light of the serious and recurrent nature of his past misconduct concerning substance abuse and fraud in obtaining controlled dangerous substances and submitting false statements when he obtained licensure in Maryland Date of action: September 1, 2005.
What the Record Shows
Reinstatement Denied; the Board will not accept any further applications for reinstatement for 5 years
Why It Matters for Diversion Programs
This entry comes from a primary source rather than a federal enforcement release, and it is recorded as reported: past misconduct concerning substance abuse and fraud in obtaining controlled dangerous substances and submitting false statements when he obtained licensure in Maryland. Board and news records are a lagging indicator - by the time a licensing authority or a reporter learns of a diversion, the diversion was normally detected internally first, which makes each entry a signal that inventory reconciliation, waste observation or dispensing oversight failed earlier.