State board sets hearing for FM chiropractorPublished: 2010-03-10 20:51:31Author: Joe Benedict | Fort Madison Daily Democrat | February 12, 2010Peggy Booten, a former member of the Fort Madison School Board,
has been sent a notice of a disciplinary hearing from the Board of
Chiropractic of the State of Iowa.
Documents provided by the
board's website said Booten was licensed as a chiropractor in the state
on March 7, 2003. However, the license expired on Aug. 6, 2006. It was
two years later in May of 2008 when the Chiropractic board
administratively opened a complaint against Booten.
The board
did so because it was believed Booten was taking in new patients and
operating with an expired license to do so. The factual circumstances
listed in the board's documents say on Dec. 20, 2008, Booten was
accepting new patients and patient records show she had performed
chiropractic care on patients while her license was inactive.
A
review of patient records also shows Booten was using another
chiropractor's provider number to submit claims for services. The
documents do not say which chiropractor's number was used.
The
board will discuss three counts with Booten, who can bring a legal
representative at 2 p.m. on April 14 in the Lucas State Office
Building, room 526 in Des Moines. The first count is Booten has
represented herself as a chiropractic physician when her license was on
inactive status.
The second count charges her with falsification
of client records, which stems from using the other chiropractor's
number for claims. The third count is for practicing with an inactive
license. All three charges are violations of the Iowa Code.
Booten
will be able to respond to the charges in person at the hearing. Iowa
open meetings laws give her the choice of whether the meeting will be
open to the public. The Iowa Attorney General's Office will represent
the public.
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