APNewsBreak: Del. gov wants independent review of the state’s handling of accused pediatrician
By Randall Chase, APFriday, January 8, 2010
Del. governor wants review of pediatrician case
DOVER, Del. — Gov. Jack Markell says he will order an independent review of Delaware’s handling of investigations involving a pediatrician suspected of sexually abusing more than 100 patients.
Markell tells The Associated Press that “the system failed” but he doesn’t know where or how.
Dr. Earl Bradley was the subject of police investigations in 2005 and 2008, but the state’s medical licensing board says it was never notified until his arrest last month.
Police say they tried to file a complaint with the board in 2005 and were turned away.
Delaware law requires medical professionals and law enforcement agencies to report to the licensing board if they believe a doctor may be guilty of unprofessional conduct.
