Pain Clinic actions taken

Since the Sept. 1, 2010 deadline for registering pain clinics with the Texas Medical Board - a new requirement under last session's Senate Bill 911 - the TMB and the Texas State Board of Pharmacy, with help from the Drug Enforcement Agency, have taken the following pain clinic-related actions:

• Oct. 21, 2010 - TMB suspended without notice the license of David Shin, M.D., of Houston. 
• Oct. 21, 2010 - TMB suspended without notice certificate of Better Life Pain Clinic, where Shin worked.
• Oct. 25, 2010 - TSBP suspended license of H&W Pharmacy in Houston.
• Oct. 25, 2010 -  TSBP suspended license of H&W pharmacist Victor Egbulefu.
• Jan. 11, 2011 - TMB suspended without notice certificate of Spring Wellness Center in Houston.
• Jan. 14, 2011 - TMB suspended without notice the license of Julia Renee Ward, M.D., of Houston. Previously, the TMB denied certification of Tejas Urgent Care Clinic, where Ward worked.
• Feb. 4, 2011 - TMB accepts surrender of Spring Wellness Center's certificate from Dr. Jesus Caquias of Brownsville.

Stay tuned.


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