Dr. : Medical board approves probation

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Medical board approves probation, fine for controversial doctor

4:21 PM EST, December 18, 2007

HARTFORD, Conn. - A medical examining board has unanimously approved

two years probation and a $10,000 fine for a New Haven-area

pediatrician whose treatment of Lyme disease has been called into

question.

The Connecticut Medical Examining Board also voted to require another

doctor to randomly review Dr. Ray ' patient records.

says he plans to appeal, first to the board and then in

Hartford Superior Court.

The board upheld state Department of Public Health allegations that

diagnosed Lyme disease in two Nevada children and prescribed

antibiotics for them in 2004 and 2005 before ever examining them. He

disputes that.

has drawn support from across the country because he has

ignored consensus treatment guidelines for Lyme disease and

prescribed antibiotics to children with the ailment