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Board opens complaints and offers interim license suspensions after indictment reports
Summary
Citing an indictment report, the board voted to initiate two new complaints and to offer interim consent agreements suspending licenses until criminal cases are resolved; one motion amended a Consent Agreement to add an alleged fraud violation under 10 M.R.S. §8003(5‑A)(A)(1).
The Board of Alcohol & Drug Counselors voted on two reporting notifications at its April 17 meeting that will trigger disciplinary review and possible interim license suspensions. In the first action, Complaint Officer Lisa Williams moved and Laurence Gross seconded a motion to initiate a new complaint based on an indictment report, amend an existing Consent Agreement to add a violation of 10 M.R.S. §8003(5‑A)(A)(1) (practice of fraud, deceit or misrepresentation), and offer an interim consent agreement to suspend the license until the criminal case is resolved. The motion passed 3–0.
In a separate but related vote, Public Member Laurence Gross moved (seconded by Lisa Williams) to initiate a new complaint on the basis of an indictment report and to offer an interim consent agreement for suspension of license until criminal case resolution. That motion also passed 3–0. The minutes indicate both matters stem from indictment reports; the board did not record details of the underlying allegations beyond the statutory citation for alleged fraud in the first report.
