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News Release — May 14, 2004
MEDICAL BOARD OF CALIFORNIA
May 14, 2004
Medical Board Obtains Suspension of
Napa Physician's License
SACRAMENTO—The Medical Board of California has obtained a practice suspension on the medical license of Jeffrey Thomas Gray, M.D. of Napa, California, effective May 13, 2004. Commissioner Kelly Boyd of the Superior Court of the County of Napa issued the suspension in response to a request by Supervising Deputy Attorney General Vivien H. Hara, on behalf of the Medical Board. Her request was pursuant to Penal Code section 23, which permits a licensing agency, in the interests of protecting the public, to bring a motion in a criminal action against its licensee that the licensee's ability to practice be suspended or restricted as a condition of release on bail or probation.
In response to an arrest warrant issued by Napa County on May 12, 2004, Gray, later that day, turned himself in. He is charged with one felony count of prescribing an illegal drug for a person who was not his patient, one count of possession of drugs without a prescription, one felony count of possession of a controlled substance, misdemeanor possession of child pornography, and misdemeanor exploitation of a patient by a physician.
The Deputy Attorney General representing the Medical Board requested the order in light of criminal charges pending against Gray that are substantially related to the duties and functions of a physician. The charges against the former county health department staff psychiatrist are the result of an allegation that Gray had a sexual relationship with a 21-year-old female patient. Gray also is charged with prescribing Dexedrine for his fiancée who is not his patient, and after a search warrant was executed at his home, sheriff's investigators found Vicodin and Temazapam drugs for which Gray did not have a prescription. Investigators also uncovered numerous photographs from Gray's home computer that they suspect to be child pornography.
The Penal Code section 23 order also prohibits Gray from possessing, prescribing, dispensing, furnishing, administering or otherwise distributing any controlled substance or any dangerous drug, except pursuant to a valid prescription issued by a California physician, and orders that he surrender to the Medical Board his physician and surgeon's wall and wallet certificates, any triplicates and regular prescription blanks, Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Order Forms, and DEA permits, pending the adjudication of the criminal matter.
The Napa County Sheriff's Department is asking anyone with information regarding the investigation or any person who had a personal or sexual relationship with Gray while under his professional care to call detective Jon Crawford at (707) 253-4205 or (707) 253-4591.
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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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