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News Release — April 19, 2005
MEDICAL BOARD OF CALIFORNIA
April 19, 2005
Medical Board of California Accusation Leads
to Surrender of San Diego Physician's Medical License
SACRAMENTO—Facing a formal Accusation by the Medical Board of California for multiple violations of the Medical Practice Act, San Diego physician Phillip R. Rand, M.D. has surrendered his license to practice medicine. On April 11, 2005, the board accepted his surrender, which became effective on April 18, 2005. The license surrender follows the imposition of a full practice suspension that has been in effect since September 15, 2004 at the request of the board.
In an Amended Accusation, Rand was charged with violating multiple sections of the Business and Professions Code, including section 2234(b)(c)(d) (gross negligence, repeated negligent acts, incompetence); section 2241 (prescribing to an addict); section 2242 (prescribing without a good faith examination); and section 2266 (failure to maintain adequate and accurate medical records) in his care and treatment of two patients. He also was charged in the Amended Accusation with violating Business and Professions Code section 2234(e) (dishonesty) by allegedly signing under penalty of perjury that he had documentation reflecting his having taken an average of 25 hours of CME for each calendar year his license was effective, and 100 hours of CME within the past four years, when he could only document the completion of one hour of CME since 1999. With respect to one of the patients, the Amended Accusation alleged that in August 2004, after performing an ultra sound and determining the gestation of a fetus to be about 20 weeks, Rand allegedly performed a vaginal suction abortion on a patient with little or no analgesia or anesthesia for pain. After completing the approximately five-minute procedure, Rand allegedly advised the patient that she would bleed a little which was normal. The patient was taken to a recovery room consisting of several futon-like beds, only a foot or so off the floor, and left in the care of two medical assistants. There were no other licensed personnel on the premises, nor was there any emergency equipment like a crash cart, oxygen, or any I.V.s available. While in the recovery room for about 30 minutes, the patient began to bleed heavier, get chills, and feel dizzy. The medical assistant watching the patient called Rand on the telephone to advise him of the patient's condition and was reportedly told to call 911 if the patient's condition did not improve. When the patient's bleeding did not stop, the fire department was called. Paramedics arrived about 10 minutes later and found the patient bleeding heavily, with a blood pressure of 80/40, a pulse of 160, and looking pale and weak with no I.V. hook up, nor had she received any oxygen. The patient was immediately transported to a local hospital.
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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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