DOCTOR, EMPLOYEE FACE LICENSE CHARGES.Byline: Staff Writer A La Canada Flintridge doctor was charged by the Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. City Attorney's Office on Tuesday with helping an unlicensed colleague practice medicine. Sergio Andrade Sergio Andrade (born in Guatemala City) is the co-founder and former bass player of alternative band Lifehouse. In 2004, Andrade announced that he would be leaving the band to pursue other projects. He was later replaced by Bryce Soderberg as the band's bassist. , 66, operated the Santa Teresita Santa Teresa is the name of two places in the Philippines:
Andrade employed Jose Flores, 44, who is suspected of posing as a doctor, writing prescriptions and treating without a medical license, De La Rosa said. Flores Flores, town, Guatemala Flores (flōrəs), town (1990 est. pop. 2,200), capital of Petén department, N Guatemala. Flores was built on an island in the southern part of Lake Petén Itzá and on the site of the has been charged with practicing medicine without a license, unlawfully representing a person as a licensed physician, unlawfully dispensing a dangerous drug and dispensing an improperly labeled drug - all misdemeanors. Andrade was charged with failing to keep records on dangerous drugs and, because he allegedly aided and abetted Flores, he faces the same charges of practicing without a medical license, De La Rosa said. Andrade did not return messages left at his La Canada Flintridge home Tuesday. Flores could not be reached for comment. A person complained to the California Medical Board in August 1998 about treatment received at the clinic, De La Rosa said. An investigation was launched, and in May a state medical board investigator posed as a former clinic patient suffering from stomach pain, De La Rosa said. Flores allegedly examined him, diagnosed the problem as an ulcer and gave him 24 tablets of Donnatal, a prescription drug prescription drug Prescription medication Pharmacology An FDA-approved drug which must, by federal law or regulation, be dispensed only pursuant to a prescription–eg, finished dose form and active ingredients subject to the provisos of the Federal Food, Drug, for stomach spasms and cramps, he said. Flores also offered to give the patient an injection, but he turned it down. The patient was charged $40 for the treatment. ``The only reason you do this is you're trying to make money. That's the bottom line,'' De La Rosa said. Flores identified himself to patients and the staff as a doctor and his business card said ``Dr. Jose Flores,'' De La Rosa said. But the City Attorney's Office believes Andrade knew Flores was not a doctor, he said. Both men will be arraigned Aug. 25. |
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