Kansas Physician Surrenders Medical License

A somewhat surprising update to a case first discussed here in July, involving two Kansas doctors who were facing multiple charges of prescription malpractice following the death of one of their patients from an overdose.

One of the two physicians, Dr. Lawrence Simons, has voluntarily surrendered his medical license to the state Medical Board in an attempt to avoid further disciplinary actions against him.

Along with his former medical partner, Dr. Stephen Schneider, Simons was brought up on allegations of excessive prescribing of a controlled substance, failure to properly keep written medical records, unprofessional conduct and a host of other violations.

Surrendering his license may get Simons out of hot water with the Medical Board, however there are still 36 criminal charges pending against him and roughly half a dozen medical malpractice lawsuits, including the one involving the wrongful death of a patient.

There has not been an update reported regarding Dr. Schneider to date.

Source:  www.kansas.com