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WHITLEY CITY, Ky. — A local physician accused of improper conduct with patients has had his license to practice medicine suspended in Kentucky.
The order by the Kentucky Board of Medical Licensure to suspend the license of Larry E. Perry, MD, was completed Nov. 19, and came to light last week. The move followed a similar order by Tennessee two weeks earlier.
Dr. Perry had previously closed his long-time practice in Oneida, but had maintained a practice in McCreary County, Ky.
Action by both states’ health boards is the result of a probe into alleged wrongdoing by the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation (TBI).
The emergency order of suspension by the Kentucky Board of Medical Licensure shed new light on the TBI’s investigation, which was apparently a long-running inquiry.
According to documents, the TBI’s extensive investigation began after a complaint was received in July 2008. During an undercover investigation, a special agent of the TBI posed as a patient and sought Hydrocodone prescriptions from Perry. That report stated that the undercover probe was terminated after Perry became suspicious.
Beginning in July 2009, teams of TBI agents interviewed some six dozen of Perry’s current and former patients. Of those, 21 allegedly provided details that the bureau deemed pertinent to its investigation. Allegations made by several of the female victims ranged from sexually-suggestive comments to improper touching to exchanging sex acts for drugs.
The TBI’s investigation also included interviews of seven witnesses, including Perry’s former employees.
While findings of TBI’s investigation led to the suspension of Perry’s license to practice medicine in Tennessee, he has not been charged with criminal wrongdoing.
