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News Release — July 22, 2004
MEDICAL BOARD OF CALIFORNIA
July 22, 2004
Medical Board Accusation Leads to Surrender
of Fair Oaks Physician's Medical License
SACRAMENTO—Facing a formal Accusation of wrongdoing by the Medical Board of California, Fair Oaks physician David Michael McCann, M.D., signed a stipulation surrendering his license to practice medicine in California. The surrender becomes effective today, July 22, 2004.
The Medical Board accused McCann of: unprofessional conduct; gross negligence; violating drug statutes; unlawful use or prescribing; prescribing to addicts; prescribing without prior examination or medical indication; and failure to maintain adequate medical records. On March 13, 2003, the Sacramento County Sheriff's Department, the California Bureau of Narcotics, the Federal Drug Enforcement Administration, and the Medical Board of California executed a search warrant at McCann's medical offices. In the course of that search, a loaded RG .22 caliber revolver was found in McCann's desk, in violation of a February 2003 Temporary Restraining Order that directed him to surrender any weapons and/or firearms within 24 hours of the order, which stemmed from a domestic-violence complaint.
McCann also is accused of gross negligence and patient abuse in that from 1999 to February 5, 2003, he provided various medications, including injections of Demerol, to a female with whom he had a personal relationship. McCann advised the female that he considered her to be overweight at 5' 7" and 111 pounds and directed her not to consume food unless in his presence and also chained her to the bed at night to prevent her from getting up and eating any food. In addition, the board accused McCann of providing Vicodin and Valium to the female patient's 10-year-old daughter.
On February 6, 2003, a consensual search conducted by the Sacramento Sheriff's Department resulted in seizure of controlled substances, including hydrocodone, procaine, and other substances, in containers with labels indicating that he had prescribed these substances to himself, or in containers with labels indicating that the substances were prescribed to others. An item of drug paraphernalia commonly described as a "bong" or device for smoking marijuana also was seized at his residence.
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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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