Man Charged With Practicing Medicine Without License
Published: 2009-05-16 20:52:09
Author: KGTV | April 13, 2009
SAN DIEGO -- A man accused of offering dangerous dietary supplements as alternative remedies for cancer and other ailments pleaded not guilty Monday to 11 felonies, including practicing medicine without a license.
Prosecutors allege that 73-year-old Kurt Walter Donsbach of Bonita -- who was ordered held on $250,000 bail by Judge David Szumowski -- preyed on vulnerable patients looking for medical help.
Even though he has no medical license in California, Donsbach claimed to be a chiropractor and naturopathic doctor, and through a weekly, online radio broadcast from Chula Vista, offered "alternative, natural and nutritional" remedies for many conditions and ailments, including cancer and auto-immune disorders, according to the prosecution.
"The law prohibits the sale of unapproved cancer treatments," Deputy District Attorney Gina Darvas said outside the courtroom.
Donsbach could still be guilty even if he didn't guarantee patients a cure for cancer, the prosecutor said.
She said Donsbach was also not licensed as a chiropractor in California.
Besides three counts of practicing without a license, he is charged with four counts of selling misbranded drugs, and single counts of unlawfully dispensing drugs as a cure for cancer, falsely representing a cure for cancer, grand theft and attempted grand theft by false pretenses.
He faces six years and four months in prison if convicted.
Donsbach's clinic advised one patient to inject herself with "neuropeptides" to treat arthritis, saying it would "re-program" her body's T-cells, according to prosecutors.
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Published: 2009-05-16 20:52:09
Author: KGTV | April 13, 2009
SAN DIEGO -- A man accused of offering dangerous dietary supplements as alternative remedies for cancer and other ailments pleaded not guilty Monday to 11 felonies, including practicing medicine without a license.
Prosecutors allege that 73-year-old Kurt Walter Donsbach of Bonita -- who was ordered held on $250,000 bail by Judge David Szumowski -- preyed on vulnerable patients looking for medical help.
Even though he has no medical license in California, Donsbach claimed to be a chiropractor and naturopathic doctor, and through a weekly, online radio broadcast from Chula Vista, offered "alternative, natural and nutritional" remedies for many conditions and ailments, including cancer and auto-immune disorders, according to the prosecution.
"The law prohibits the sale of unapproved cancer treatments," Deputy District Attorney Gina Darvas said outside the courtroom.
Donsbach could still be guilty even if he didn't guarantee patients a cure for cancer, the prosecutor said.
She said Donsbach was also not licensed as a chiropractor in California.
Besides three counts of practicing without a license, he is charged with four counts of selling misbranded drugs, and single counts of unlawfully dispensing drugs as a cure for cancer, falsely representing a cure for cancer, grand theft and attempted grand theft by false pretenses.
He faces six years and four months in prison if convicted.
Donsbach's clinic advised one patient to inject herself with "neuropeptides" to treat arthritis, saying it would "re-program" her body's T-cells, according to prosecutors.
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