AMES v. MQAC

No. 80644-6.

208 P.3d 549 (2009)

Geoffrey S. AMES, M.D., Petitioner, v. WASHINGTON STATE HEALTH DEPARTMENT MEDICAL QUALITY HEALTH ASSURANCE COMMISSION, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

Decided June 4, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William Robert Bishin, Law Offices of William R. Bishin PS, Seattle, WA, for Petitioner.

S. Kim O'Neal, Tracy L. Bahm, Attorney General's Office, Olympia, WA, for Respondent.

Kenneth Scott Kagan, Carney Badley Spellman, Seattle, WA, Amicus Curiae on behalf of WA Citizens for Health Options Integrity & Clinical Excellance.

Michael K. McCormack, Attorney at Law, Maple Valley, WA, Amicus Curiae on behalf of Citizens for Health, American Association for Health Freedom and WA Choice.


OWENS, J.

¶ 1 Dr. Geoffrey Ames urges reversal of sanctions levied against him by the Washington State Health Department's Medical Quality Health Assurance Commission (MQAC) for violations of the medical professional misconduct statute, RCW 18.130.180. MQAC concluded after a hearing that Ames had engaged in unprofessional conduct in violation of RCW 18.130.180(4) and had used an inefficacious device in contravention of RCW 18.130.180(16). Ames contends that no...

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