During medical residency in Missouri four female patients filed complaints of sexual misconduct. This led to the Missouri Medical Board asking him to leave his residency.
Records show Smith spent 16 months in treatment at a psychiatric center...
He was then granted a restricted license in Iowa for his residency.
In 2003 the Oklahoma Medical Board required Smith get a mental evaluation, where he was cleared for a residency license.
In 2006 he was granted a full medical license to practice with no restrictions in the state of Oklahoma.
http://www.kjrh.com/news/local/story.aspx?content_id=1a2545c2-bf7c-434e-9c11-e58c3fbd99c1 (Bolded by me)
How DARE the medical community cover up his past and allow him to practice as an Obstetrician in this state!! OMG! Not only did they not take precautions for the child in this case, they also put all those women in harm's way because they allowed it to be shuffled under the rug!! It makes me wonder if any of us really know our Doctors here!
It burns me even more his wife is taking up for him against her children!!! I am STILL just stunned by that. Her sweet little girl is going to read this someday and see those words out of her mother's mouth then know the money was more important to her than her own baby girl. It is heartbreaking!! What in the hell is this woman thinking?!?! These are her CHILDREN telling them that step-father with a known record for sexual deviation are being abused by him!! She needs to WISE UP and forget the money!
Don't confuse the medical community at large with the bureaucrats who run state medical boards. There are times when MDs and RNs rightfully think doctors need retraining,discpline, or termination, and the system punishes the accusers as much or more than the accused. Most states don't even have comprehensive credentialing systemsto track across state lines.
You're right: Why should someone on a restricted license in one state get a full license in another without a probation period?? Or someone who has spent months in a psych hospital??
Ultimately it is the lawmakers and professional boards who have to make better credentialing happen; if we do it from the trenches, it gets us a lawsuit and a retributory investigation.
BTW, though I detest pedos with the best of you, aren't we all jumping on this guy without giving him the benefit of defending himself?? What if he was found out to have this shady past and is set up by someone with something to gain from the doc's downfall? It's still the little girl who is the pivotal source of the info here; just like any other case, there needs to be at least corroboration of her story by other present evidence, preferably forensic.
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