About Discipline
As long as a licensee remains licensed with the Board, they are subject to monitoring and periodic review. The Board is charged with the responsibility for evaluating when a licensee's professional conduct or ability to practice medicine may warrant modification, suspension, or revocation of license. The Board, as a matter of law, receives reports about licensees from hospitals, medical malpractice liability insurance companies, professional societies, and individual physicians. The Board may also receive information from law enforcement agencies, licensing agencies of other states and Canadian provinces and other agencies of the State of Maine.
Any patient, family member or other concerned citizen may inform the Board of their belief that a licensee may have violated the Medical Practice Act or a standard of professional conduct by writing a letter to the board, by submitting a complaint form supplied by the Board, or by filing a complaint through the Board's Email Complaint Form.
Upon receipt of information from any valid source that one of its licensees may have engaged in conduct which is a ground for discipline, the Board has the power to investigate, hold hearings, and impose discipline. In addition, the Board may seek a long term suspension or revocation of license by prosecution in the Maine Administrative Court.
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