Randall Foster
Las Vegas Sun
Another doctor loses his right to prescribe
Psychiatrist, 81, can no longer provide patients access to controlled substances
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The Nevada State Medical Examiners Board has stripped a Las Vegas psychiatrist of his license to prescribe controlled substances because the drugs he prescribed to a Kentucky woman may have contributed to her suicide.
The medical board took the action against Dr. Randall Foster at an emergency meeting Monday because he “presents an unacceptable risk to the citizens of Nevada,” documents show. Authorities are continuing to investigate other patient complaints about the doctor.
Foster, who is 81 years old and has been licensed in Nevada since 1978, was operating more as a pain specialist than a psychiatrist, according to a complaint filed against him with the medical board…
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