TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) - The Arizona Medical Board has put two Tucson doctors on probation after they previously were disciplined for substance-abuse issues.
In separate disciplinary actions by the board, the Arizona Daily Star reports Dr. Steven M. Rayle and Dr. Sean P. Elliott each will remain under board supervision for five years after repeatedly relapsing following previous board-ordered rehabilitation programs.
Rayle works for a physicians group that travels to assisted-living facilities seeing patients who can’t get to a doctor’s office.
Elliott is a professor of pediatrics and interim associate dean for curriculum at the University of Arizona and is set to retire in March.
Under the terms of his probation, Rayle must attend relapse prevention therapy and psychotherapy and submit to random substance-abuse screening tests.
The Star reports that Elliott was issued a letter of reprimand and the probation sanction.
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