A Kentucky doctor's medical license was placed on probation for five years after his wife improperly handled flu vaccines and wrote prescriptions under his name, according to Kentucky's medical licensing board.
The state Board of Medical Licensure ordered Dr. Paul McLaughlin's medical license to be placed on probation after multiple patients reported nodules appearing after receiving a flu shot in October and November 2018.The patients were given the shots at the Location Vaccination clinic in Mount Sterling, about 35 miles east of Lexington, which is owned and operated by McLaughlin's wife, according to the order.
also said that the clinic's operator and those who handled and administered the vaccines were all unlicensed medical professionals.Paul McLaughlin appeared before a medical licensing board panel on June 20, 2019, and said he and his wife became aware of the outbreak of adverse reactions during Thanksgiving week of 2018. But the board noted that many of the prescriptions were written before Thanksgiving.
then interviewed Paul McLaughlin about the reactions. He confirmed that he was aware of the reactions and that he had received a vaccination and suffered a reaction that resolved with antibiotic treatment. He also said the CDC was contacted but it"wasn't really interested."In December 2018, sent a letter about the outbreak of reactions to patients who may have been injected with the vaccine. The department then began receiving calls from patients saying the doctor's wife was contacting them directly and calling in prescriptions for antibiotics and steroids without any physical assessment or testing. If antibiotics are prescribed inappropriately, there could be serious consequences, the order said.
, it was unclear whether Paul McLaughlin knew that his wife was calling in prescriptions, but the prescriptions were submitted under his name and license.The medical licensing board said McLaughlin had delegated his medical responsibilities to an unlicensed medical professional and his failure to address the outbreak of adverse reactions had contributed to a public health crisis.
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