On June 8, 2012, the Texas Medical Board and Darey Philbrick, M.D. of Brownwood entered into an Agreed Order of Voluntary Surrender. The Board had concerns about Dr. Philbrick’s prescribing practices and medical record-keeping. Dr. Philbrick surrendered his Texas Medical license in lieu of disciplinary action.

At its June 7-8, 2012 meeting, the Texas Medical Board disciplined 37 licensed physicians and issued three cease and desist orders statewide. The disciplinary actions included 16 orders based on quality of care violations, seven voluntary surrenders and four based on non-therapeutic prescribing.

The Board issued 106 physician licenses at the June board meeting, bringing the total number of physician licenses issued in FY 12 to 2,806. Forty-five percent of physician licensure applications were completed in 10 days or less.

Visit http://www.tmb.state.tx.us/ for the full news release on about the Texas Medical Board and other actions taken statewide.