The Texas Medical Board – for the third year in a row – has issued a record number of physician licenses, ending the fiscal year with 7,060 licenses issued. The state’s 2023 fiscal year ended on August 31, 2023.
At its August 18, 2023 meeting, the Texas Medical Board disciplined 27 licensed physicians.
The disciplinary actions included: three orders related to unprofessional conduct, nine orders related to quality of care, three voluntary surrenders/revocations, one revocation, one restriction, five orders related to nontherapeutic prescribing, two orders related to improper supervision or delegation, one order related to violation of Board rules, and two orders related to other states’ actions. The Board also ratified one cease and desist order.
On August 17, 2023, a disciplinary panel of the Texas Medical Board temporarily suspended, without notice, the Texas medical license of Jon Ver Halen, M.D. (Lic. No. N1940), after determining his continuation in the practice of medicine poses a continuing threat to public welfare. The suspension was effective immediately.
On July 18, 2023, a disciplinary panel of the Texas Medical Board temporarily suspended, with notice, the Texas medical license of David Atilla Fairweather, M.D., (Lic. No. L7373) after determining his continuation in the practice of medicine poses a continuing threat to public welfare. The suspension was effective immediately.
The Board panel found Dr. Fairweather surrendered his DEA controlled substances registrations certificates connected to his prescribing and has refused to respond to Board subpoenas and requests for information.
At its June 9, 2023 meeting, the Texas Medical Board disciplined 47 licensed physicians.
On June 8, 2023, a disciplinary panel of the Texas Medical Board temporarily suspended, without notice, the Texas medical license of Wayne Charles Jones, M.D. (Lic. No. D6049), after determining his continuation in the practice of medicine poses a continuing threat to public welfare. The suspension was effective immediately.
On June 1, 2023, a disciplinary panel of the Texas Medical Board temporarily suspended, without notice, the Texas medical license of David Richard Stager, Jr., M.D. (Lic. No. J1572), after determining his continuation in the practice of medicine poses a continuing threat to public welfare. The suspension was effective immediately.
The Texas Medical Board today announced it has received national recognition for the agency’s efforts towards destigmatizing health professionals seeking mental health care and treatment.
On April 10, 2023, a disciplinary panel of the Texas Medical Board temporarily suspended, without notice, the Texas medical license of Gregory Scott Roth, M.D. (Lic. No. K1916), after determining his continuation in the practice of medicine poses a continuing threat to public welfare. The suspension was effective immediately.
On April 5, 2023, a disciplinary panel of the Texas Medical Board temporarily suspended, without notice, the Texas physician-in-training permit of Marshall L. Haden, M.D. (Lic. No. BP10078006), after determining his continuation in the practice of medicine poses a continuing threat to public welfare. The suspension was effective immediately.
