Stanley Rosenblatt will appear before the state board next month.
By Lisa Chmelecki
Staff Writer

LEWISTON – A local doctor who worked in Lewiston for more than 40 years before retiring in 2001 is at risk of losing his medical license.

The State Board of Licensure in Medicine temporarily suspended Stanley Rosenblatt on April 15 after receiving a complaint accusing the local internist of acting inappropriately when prescribing medication.

The board sent a letter to Rosenblatt this week, informing him of its decision that his “continuing practice of medicine would be an imminent danger to the public” based on a complaint sent to the board about an incident involving a specific patient.

The complaint accuses Rosenblatt of “unprofessional conduct, incompetence and inappropriate prescribing of controlled substances,” the letter says.

Randall Manning, the executive director of the state board, said he is barred from discussing the details of the complaint until after Rosenblatt appears next month before the nine-member board for a hearing.

When reached at his home Friday, Rosenblatt said he learned of the temporary suspension earlier in the day and he was not ready to comment.

“Nothing has been determined yet,” he said.

According to Manning, Rosenblatt reported his retirement in December 2001 but he still holds a medical license.

The board will hold a hearing on May 13 to decide if Rosenblatt has violated any rules. If the board members find truth in any of the allegations lodged against him, it must determine whether to take any disciplinary action.

Discipline can include a reprimand, fine, suspension, probation, non-renewal of the doctor’s license or complete revocation of his license.

Made up of six physicians and three members of the public, the members of state Board of Licensure in Medicine are appointed by the governor to protect the health and welfare of the public by verifying physicians’ qualifications and disciplining physicians for unprofessional conduct and incompetence.

Complaints against doctors come from hospitals, other physicians and patients, Manning said. He would not say which of the three sent the complaint about Rosenblatt.

lchmelecki@sunjournal.com