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A Denton County doctor suspended over accusations of writing prescriptions for controlled substances without proper authority had her medical license reinstated last month, the Texas Medical Board announced Friday.
State authorities also disciplined a Colleyville woman and two Tarrant County doctors, including Carlos Acosta, a former president and chief executive of USMD Hospital at Arlington.In the board’s case against Dr. Odette Louise Campbell of Denton County, no evidence was found that she was a "continuing threat" to the public welfare "from acts or omissions as alleged by the board." The order reverses her temporary suspension entered in August."It did not necessarily 'clear’ her of anything," board spokeswoman Jill Wiggins said in an e-mail. "If the outcome of the criminal matter leads to a conviction, the board can take additional action."In an e-mail, Campbell said that she still faces criminal charges stemming from her arrest on felony counts. "It is perplexing to me," she said. "The charge is that I authorized a prescription for another doctor. That is impossible to do. No one can authorize another physician’s prescription."The board disciplined Acosta, the former Arlington hospital president, for failure to properly document two spinal surgeries he performed in 2006. His medical records failed to establish an appropriate indication for the surgeries, according to a board order. However, Costa later showed justification for the procedures, records show. He agreed to obtain 10 hours of continuing medical education in record-keeping and pay an administrative penalty of $1,000.State authorities also issued a cease-and-desist order against Lucy Shih for performing acupuncture in Colleyville. Shih administered acupuncture treatments on one or more patients in Tarrant County, according to the board. Shih is a licensed message therapist, online records show.Shih said the allegations were raised about five years ago and were a misunderstanding. She said that she comes from a family that practices acupuncture and that she had performed it only on her father, mother and husband, without receiving payment."I didn’t do anything," she said. "They already closed the case."In other action, Dr. Jhansi M. Raj of Fort Worth agreed to 12 hours of continuing education for failure to adequately monitor serum lithium levels or obtain certain tests for a patient with bipolar and schizoaffective disorders. Raj treated the woman from about 1997 to 2008. In 2002, she was hospitalized and was prescribed lithium by another physician. After she was discharged, Raj continued the lithium prescription as part of the patient’s treatment but failed to monitor its levels adequately. Raj did not admit or deny the findings of the board. The medical board disciplined 75 doctors in all.DARREN BARBEE, 817-390-7126
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