In March, the Board of Osteopathic Medicine charged Adam T. Smith, DO, with unprofessional conduct. The care he provided allegedly fell below the standard by failing to diagnose and treat a patient’s gestational diabetes early in her pregnancy, failing to perform routine urine tests during the patient’s pregnancy and failing to advise his partner of how to care for the patient when he wasn’t able to care for his patient.
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Healthcare providers charged with unprofessional conduct have 20 days to respond to the Department of Health in writing. The case then enters the settlement process. If no disciplinary agreement can be reached, the case will go to a hearing.
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