Post by Logan on Jul 2, 2016 23:00:42 GMT -6
Ridgewood psychiatrist accused of allowing wife to see patients, write prescriptions
A 72-year-old Ridgewood psychiatrist who practiced from his home office allowed his wife, a clinical social worker, to see patients and write prescriptions he had signed in advance while he was too sick to work and sometimes confined at a nursing home or hospital, the state alleges.
Dr. James Cowan Jr. has temporarily given up his medical license amid accusations that he indiscriminately prescribed Xanax and Adderall, two addictive drugs, and helped his wife, Maryanne L. Cowan, to do so.
State investigators visited Cowan in a Paramus rehabilitation center in May after inspecting his office and interviewing his wife, his office manager, and a patient who showed up unexpectedly.
Cowan told them that “he believed that after being married for 30 years, he had taught [Maryanne] everything she needed to know to be able to medically treat the patients with his consent,” according to the state’s order to suspend Cowan’s license to prescribe controlled substances.
Read more: www.northjersey.com/news/ridgewood-psychiatrist-accused-of-allowing-wife-to-see-patients-write-prescriptions-1.1625121
A 72-year-old Ridgewood psychiatrist who practiced from his home office allowed his wife, a clinical social worker, to see patients and write prescriptions he had signed in advance while he was too sick to work and sometimes confined at a nursing home or hospital, the state alleges.
Dr. James Cowan Jr. has temporarily given up his medical license amid accusations that he indiscriminately prescribed Xanax and Adderall, two addictive drugs, and helped his wife, Maryanne L. Cowan, to do so.
State investigators visited Cowan in a Paramus rehabilitation center in May after inspecting his office and interviewing his wife, his office manager, and a patient who showed up unexpectedly.
Cowan told them that “he believed that after being married for 30 years, he had taught [Maryanne] everything she needed to know to be able to medically treat the patients with his consent,” according to the state’s order to suspend Cowan’s license to prescribe controlled substances.
Read more: www.northjersey.com/news/ridgewood-psychiatrist-accused-of-allowing-wife-to-see-patients-write-prescriptions-1.1625121