PNO-III-88-061, on 880707,former Physician Entered Guilty Plea to Federal Charges Re Misadministration of Radioactive Pharms.Physician Dismissed from Duties.Region II Forwarded Written Rept to DOJ on 871113
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| Site: | 03001391 |
| Issue date: | 07/07/1988 |
| From: | Mallett B, Marabito R, Pawlik E NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION III) |
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| PNO-III-88-061, PNO-III-88-61, NUDOCS 8807190191 | |
| Download: ML20150G052 (1) | |
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PRELIMINARY NOTIFICATION OF EVENT OR UNUSUAL OCCURRENCE--PH0-Ill-88-61 Date July 7, 1988 This preliminary notification constitutes EARLY notice of events of POSSIBLE safety or public interest significance. The information is as initially received without verification or evaluation, and is basically all that is known by the Region III staff on this date.
Facility: Edward Hines, Jr. Licen'see Emergency Classification:
Veterans Administration Notification of an Unusual Event Medical Center Alert Hines, IL 60141 License No. 12-01087-07 Site Area Emergency General Emergency f) n( (
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FORMER VA PHYSICIAN ENTERS GUILTY PLEA TO FEDERAL CHARGES W W OID Dr. Maynard L. Freeman, the fomer assistant chief physician of the Nuc1 car Medicine Service at the Edward Hines Veterans Administration Hospital in Hines, Illinois (near Chicago) filed a plea agreement in U.S. District Court for Northern Illinois to two federal charges:
(1) willful failure to report misadministrations of radioactive pharmaceuticals and (2) knowingly concealing and covering up material facts during an NRC and VA investigation. l The plea agreement was filed on July 7, 1988. No date has been set for the formal pleading in U.S. District Court. -
1 In August 1987, the NRC staff issued an Order to the hospital directing that Dr. Freeman be removed from all activities licensed by the NRC and that the VA Hospital take certain steps to improve its control over the nuclear medicine program.
l An NRC investigation between December 16, 1986, and June 30, 1987, detemined that Dr. Freeman failed to ensure that a misadministration of a radioactive pharmaceutical was reported to the NRC, as required. The investigation also determined that the physician made a false statement to a VA investigatory board and to NRC investiNtors, destroyed evidence, improperly obtained additional evidence, and attempted to impe& the NRC investigation by influencing the testimony of a witness. 1 l
The Region III Office of Investigations looked into these allegations and forwarded a written report to the U.S. Justice Department on November 13, 1987.
The State of Illinois will be notified of the plea agreement. 1 Region III (Chicago) was infomed of the plea agreement about 12 noon, (CDT), July 7,1988, by Joseph Hartsier, Chief of the Criminal Litigation Division, Northern Judicial District of Illinois. This infomation is current as of 4 m. (CDT), July 7, 1988.
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