Utah licensed a doctor who didn't contest charges that he intentionally touched the genitals of patients, staff members and others. Kansas licensed a doctor while he was still in prison for a sexual offense involving a child, though he later lost his license for making anonymous obscene phone calls to patients. So, as the AJC recently reported, New Jersey licensed a doctor convicted of sexual offenses with four patients. When we reviewed laws in every state, we found out that's perfectly legal in most. In reviewing disciplinary cases against thousands of physicians accused of sexual misconduct, the AJC found that even some physicians with felony convictions for sexual violations were able to go back to practicing medicine. Medical regulators can decide to grant them licenses - and some do. But in those states and 34 others, registered sex offenders aren't barred from being licensed as medical doctors.
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