State suspends Kingsport psychiatrist’s license

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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WJHL) — The Tennessee Department of Health (TDH) immediately suspended a Kingsport psychiatrist’s license Jan. 24 after he allegedly continued diverting drugs for his own use after an August 2022 drug-induced breakdown.

In the Jan. 24 summary suspension, the state wrote Dr. Adrian Buckner’s “mental state while maintaining an active medical license poses an imminent danger to the citizens of Tennessee” and that the board of medical examiners “believes immediate action is necessary to prevent harm to patients.”

Buckner, who owns Psychiatric Associates of Kingsport, also currently faces multiple charges in Sullivan County for an Aug. 19 incident during which he allegedly abandoned his car in the middle of the road and evaded responding officers. According to the medical examiners’ report, officers recovered a pill grinder with white powder inside it and a bottle of Methylphenidate (a stimulant) prescribed to one of Buckner’s patients.

That same day, Washington County officers found his 80-year-old disabled mother — over whom Buckner had medical power of attorney — alone without access to her food or medicine when they conducted a welfare check. Buckner was arrested Aug. 22 in that case and charged with abandoning or confining an elderly or vulnerable adult with no injury…

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