OPEN
SESSION EMERGENCY TELEPHONE CONFERENCE CALL BOARD MEETING
Conference
Room at the Offices of the
MEMBERS PRESENT: Arne D. Rosencrantz, President; Susan S.
Buchwald, M.D., Vice President; Dipak K. Desai, M.D.; Jaculine C. Jones, Ed.D.;
Cheryl A. Hug-English, M.D.; Joel N. Lubritz, M.D.
MEMBERS ABSENT: Paul A. Stewart, M.D., Secretary-Treasurer;
Donald H. Baepler, Ph.D., D.Sc.; Robin L. Titus, M.D.
* Members of the Investigative Committee filing the Complaint
in this matter.
STAFF PRESENT: Larry D. Lessly, J.D., Executive Director;
Maureen E. Lyons, Deputy Executive Director; Richard J. Legarza, J.D., General
Counsel; Vicki L. Knopf, Chief Investigator; Elizabeth J. Pawlikowski,
Administrative Investigator; Jan J. Cohen, J.D., Assistant Chief Deputy
Attorney General
The meeting was called to order by the Board President, Arne
D. Rosencrantz, at
CONSIDERATION OF SUMMARY SUSPENSION OF LICENSE TO PRACTICE
MEDICINE IN THE STATE OF
- IN THE MATTER OF THE BME VS. H. N. Sundar-Raj, M.D., CASE
NO. 00-5967-1
Mrs. Cohen stated that based on the Investigative Committee's
allegations against H. N. Sundar-Raj, M.D., sufficient evidence exists to allow
a meeting to be held without the mandatory three-day notice per NRS
233B.127(3).
Mr. Legarza reviewed the Complaint filed by the Investigative
Committee and the proposed Order of Summary Suspension of License to Practice
Medicine in the State of
Discussion ensued
Dr. Buchwald moved that the board find that the health,
safety and welfare of the citizens of the state of Nevada imperatively require
emergency action and to summarily suspend Dr. Sundar-Raj's license pending the
hearing of the matter of the BME vs. H. N. Sundar-Raj, M.D., Case No.
00-5967-1. Dr. Desai seconded the motion, and it passed unanimously, with the
Chair voting in favor of the motion.
ADJOURNMENT
Mr. Rosencrantz adjourned the meeting at