Attorney- Fmr. Assistant United States Attorney- Fmr. Senior Attorney OIG Kenneth Haber. Medical Board Attorneys represent physicians before Medical Licensing Boards as well as in Peer Review and Credentialing matters, even involving the conviction of rape.
Mr. Haber is a former Assistant United States Attorney [1971-1979 E.D. MI] and former Senior Attorney Office of Inspector General United States Department of Health and Human Services [1979-1983]. He found this firm in 1984. June 4, 2011, the Florida Board of Medicine voted 7-3 to permit a doctor convicted of rape to return to practicing medicine, saying the crime had nothing to do with his role as a physician. In the end, the Board came to realize that the physician was the one unjustly treated by the system.
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According to FlagerLive.com, [Brittany Davis], on June 4, 2011, the Florida Board of Medicine voted 7-3 on Friday to permit a doctor convicted of rape to return to practicing medicine, saying the crime had nothing to do with his role as a physician. Mr. Haber believes that in the end, the Board came to realize that the physician was the one unjustly treated by the system.
Dr. M. S. was a flight surgeon in the Air Force with the rank of major, serving in South Korea, when he was accused of raping a civilian coworker. He was convicted in a military court-martial in 2008 and served nearly three years in prison. According to FlagerLive.com, Board members wrestled with the question of whether a rape conviction precludes a health professional from being able to practice with skill and safety, as Florida statutes require. The rape victim was not a patient, and thus, Haber said the case had nothing to do with the practice of medicine. Haber also said that the rape offense was not violent and that the physician had previous sexual contact with the alleged victim before the rape. “He was a man who made a terrible mistake to engage in a relationship with an individual who was not his wife, and has destroyed his career and has certainly brought dire consequences on his marriage,” Haber said.
The Florida Surgeon general in February had filed an administrative complaint against Dr. M.S. in an attempt to keep the board from clearing him to practice. The doctor’s wife sat next to him as the Board went back and forth over what conditions doctor must meet in order to return to practice.
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