Texas medical board orders probation for cancer doctor
(FOX NEWS)
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - The Texas Medical Board has placed a Houston doctor who says he's found a cure for cancer on probation for five years.
The Austin American Statesman reports that Dr. Stanislaw Burzynski was also ordered Friday to pay $60,000 in fines and restitution - but those punishments were more lenient than what had been recommended.
The board had accused Burzynski since 2014 of a host of charges, including misleading terminally ill patients. The decision means he'll pay $40,000 in fines and $20,000 in restitution to a former patient, in addition to getting probation.
Some former patients demonstrated in Austin on Burzynski's behalf. The doctor's attorney, Dan Cogdell, also noted that many of the 400-plus complaints the medical board filed against Burzynski were dismissed by the State Office of Administrative Hearings.
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Information from: Austin American-Statesman, http://www.statesman.com