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News Release — May 16, 2002
MEDICAL BOARD OF CALIFORNIA
May 16, 2002
Medical Board Obtains Order Prohibiting Richmond
Physician from Practicing Medicine
SACRAMENTO-The Medical Board of California persuaded a Superior Court Judge of Contra Costa County to prohibit Richmond physician Clarence Feagin, M.D. from practicing medicine. The action by Judge John Kennedy was made effective May 15, 2002, and will last until the conclusion of criminal proceedings that are pending against Feagin, or until further order of the court.
A Deputy Attorney General representing the Medical Board requested the order in light of criminal charges pending against Feagin that are substantially related to the duties and functions of a physician-multiple counts of sexual battery and sexual exploitation of a patient. The patient was a 23 year-old woman who sought his treatment for a work-related injury. After she consulted with Feagin at his office, he went to a private home looking for her on two occasions and forcibly attempted to have sex with her there. He employed information he had obtained in his role as her physician to locate her, used his status as her physician to get into a private home to see her, and he threatened her with loss of her Workers' Compensation benefits if she did not agree to have sex with him.
In addition to these criminal charges, Feagin was arrested for rape by the Petaluma Police Department in May 1996. This arrest led to criminal charges of rape by two different women, of which he ultimately was acquitted after a jury trial. The Board also has information about numerous other complaints of sexual misconduct by Feagin which involved patients or colleagues in medical settings. In view of his history and the pending criminal charges, the Medical Board's representative persuaded Judge Kennedy to prohibit Feagin from practicing medicine as a condition of bail.
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The Medical Board of California is the state agency responsible for licensing and regulating physicians in this state.
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Information about specific physicians: (916) 263-2382
Complaint line: (800) 633-2322
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