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News Release — April 5, 2004
MEDICAL BOARD OF CALIFORNIA
April 5, 2004
Medical
Board Accusation Leads to Surrender
of Richmond Physician's License
SACRAMENTO—Facing a formal Accusation of wrongdoing by the Medical Board of California, Richmond physician Clarence Andrew Feagin, M.D., has agreed to surrender his license to practice medicine. The stipulated surrender of his medical license was ordered on March 29, 2004 and becomes effective on April 5, 2004. Feagin has been enjoined from practicing medicine since May 15, 2002, when the Contra Costa Superior Court issued a suspension order under Penal Code section 23. That statute allows a judge to prohibit a physician from practicing medicine pending resolution of criminal charges.
On behalf of the Medical Board, Deputy Attorney General Thomas P. Reilly requested the 2002 suspension order because of pending criminal charges against Feagin 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 treatment for a work-related injury. After she consulted with Feagin at his office, he went to her home on two separate occasions and forcibly attempted to have sex with her. After a jury trial, Feagin was convicted in September 2002 of assault and battery upon this patient.
The Board had also received information about several other complaints of sexual misconduct by Feagin involving patients and colleagues in medical settings. Some of these led to his resignation of hospital privileges at Sonoma Valley Hospital. Feagin also has a 1989 conviction for lying to a peace officer (Penal Code §148.9). This conviction followed his arrest for providing alcohol to a minor after he was found parked with a 17-year-old girl in a remote area with an open bottle of wine.
In addition to Feagin's pattern of predatory sexual behavior, the Board had accused him of practicing medicine on a suspended license. Specifically, from May 15, 2002 through March 3, 2003, he served as and received compensation for being the medical director for two medical transportation firms - Bay Medic Ambulance Service of Concord and California Medical Transport of Mountain View. Both positions required possession of a valid license to practice medicine and in both positions Feagin was responsible for authorizing orders of dangerous drugs and controlled substances. Feagin was also accused of violating drug laws for dispensing prescription medication (Health and Safety Code §11152 and Business and Professions Code §4077) on a suspended license. In 1999, Feagin applied for and entered into the Medical Board's Diversion Program but he was expelled in July 2002 for non-compliance with program requirements.
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The mission of the Medical Board is to protect healthcare consumers through the proper licensing and regulation of physicians and surgeons and certain allied healthcare professions and through the vigorous, objective enforcement of the Medical Practice Act.
If you have a question or complaint about the healthcare you are receiving, the Board encourages you to visit its Web site at www.caldocinfo.ca.gov or for questions call the Consumer Information Line at (916) 263-2382, or with complaints call (800) 633-2322.
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