The R.I. Department of Health’s Board of Medical Licensure and Discipline last week announced actions against three doctors:
Dr. Norman Chou, an emergency medicine physician at Kent Hospital, in three cases “failed to conform to the minimal standards of acceptable and prevailing medical practice.”
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Chou consented to be placed on two years’ probation; during that time, to enter into a formal mentorship and limit his hours to those recommended by the American College of Emergency Physicians; and to pay a fine of $1,000.
Dr. Thomas Carroll Platt, a resident of Michigan who holds an active Rhode Island license, also entered into an agreement. Platt’s case was referred from Michigan, where he had been placed on probation until Dec. 5, 2005, “for felony convictions … relating to the possession of child sexually abusive material.”
Platt agreed to be placed on probation in Rhode Island from Feb. 3, 2005, to Dec. 31, 2006; to pay the board, $2,000; and, should he decide to return to Rhode Island, to notify the board in advance, in writing, and be monitored for five years.
Dr. Alan Perl’s application for reinstatement was denied, after a hearing whose findings Perl did not contest.
