State medical board approves consent order for Dr. Yadav, rejects Cica consent order and denies modification request for Dr. Fales

The Department of Public Health board voted to approve a consent order for Dr. Yadav and rejected a separate consent order for Dr. Cica, and later denied a request to modify the consent order for Dr. Fales during a virtual meeting that covered several disciplinary matters and administrative updates.

Board Chair opened the meeting and identified agenda items, noting a board letter supporting legislation to raise the board’s maximum civil fine to $25,000 and that a Federation of State Medical Boards letter about an FDA caution on compounded drugs (mentioning retratrutide) had been circulated to members.

The board approved the consent order for Dr. Yadav after Attorney Joelle Newton, representing the Department of Public Health, summarized the case. Newton said the record shows a May 20, 2023 incident in which the respondent violated patient‑physician boundaries by engaging with a patient outside a clinical setting and exchanging text messages, and a prior disciplinary action on the physician’s West Virginia license from May 2020 that also involved boundary issues. The consent order submitted to the board included a reprimand, a $5,000 civil penalty, a permanent restriction requiring a chaperone for all female patients, two years of probation with therapy and employer reports, and a prohibition on solo practice. The motion to approve was moved by Doctor Green and carried in a roll call. The recorded vote showed 13 approvals, 1 opposed and 1 recusal; the board certified the consent order as approved.

A separate consent order for Dr. Cica, described by Newton as arising from an April 6, 2021 vaccine exemption letter and subsequent alleged failures to appropriately treat a patient who reported…