News Release — May 21, 2002

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May 21, 2002

Medical Board Accusation Leads to Surrender of Del
Mar Physician's Medical License

SACRAMENTO-Facing a formal Accusation of wrongdoing by the Medical Board of California, Del Mar psychiatrist Harold H. Bloomfield, M.D. has surrendered his license to practice medicine. The stipulated surrender of his medical license was ordered on May 20, 2002, and will become effective on May 28, 2002.

Bloomfield was accused by the Medical Board of violating Business and Professions Code section 2234 (b), (c), (d), and (e) in that he committed acts of unprofessional conduct, gross negligence, repeated negligent acts, incompetence, and dishonesty during contacts with four female patients. He placed illegal drugs into drinks he prepared for these patients without their knowledge or consent; touched one patient in a sexual and illegal manner; had inappropriate conversations of a personal and sexual nature with three of the patients; and provided prescription drugs that were medically contraindicated for two of the patients.

Last December, the Medical Board obtained a full suspension of Bloomfield's license, which required that he stop practicing medicine immediately. In his surrender, Bloomfield acknowledged that last January, he plead guilty in criminal court in San Diego to two felony counts of furnishing a controlled substance, Ecstasy, in violation of Health and Safety Code section 11154, and last March he was sentenced to five years' probation. At the request of the Medical Board, a condition of that probation was that he not practice medicine for five years. The surrender by Bloomfield of his license terminates his ability to practice medicine in California indefinitely.

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The Medical Board of California is the state agency responsible for licensing and regulating physicians in this state.

www.medbd.ca.gov
Information about specific physicians: (916) 263-2382
Complaint line: (800) 633-2322

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