DES MOINES – Frank L. Lamp, M.D., a 65-year-old Iowa-licensed physician who formerly practiced family medicine in Grundy Center, Iowa, entered into a Consent Agreement with the Board on June 28, 2013.
On March 19, 1997, the Board suspended Dr. Lamp’s Iowa medical license due to substance abuse. On August 23, 2000, the Board reinstated Dr. Lamp’s license and placed him on probation for five years. On August 25, 2005, the Board terminated the probation. On November 15, 2012, the Board charged Dr. Lamp with inappropriately prescribing controlled substances and performing an inappropriate and/or medically unnecessary physical examination on a young female patient.
A hearing was held on March 21, 2013, and the Board issued a Findings of Fact, Conclusions of Law, Decision and Order on April 18, 2013. The Board concluded that Dr. Lamp inappropriately prescribed controlled substances, particularly methadone, to patients with known substance abuse histories between 2009 and 2011.
The Board also concluded that Dr. Lamp’s physical examination of a young female patient in his clinic on August 10, 2011, was performed incompetently. The Board concluded that Dr. Lamp did not have sufficient medical justification for his decision to perform a breast examination. Under the terms of the April 18, 2013, Findings of Fact, Conclusions of Law, Decision and Order, the Board issued Dr. Lamp a Citation and Warning and ordered him to pay a $2,500 civil penalty. The Board prohibited Dr. Lamp from purchasing, procuring, possessing, administering or dispensing controlled substances.
The Board ordered Dr. Lamp to complete a Board-approved clinical competency evaluation and professional boundaries evaluation. The Board ordered Dr. Lamp to have a Board-approved female healthcare professional chaperone continually present at all times while treating all patients under the age of 18 years old and while providing breast and/or pelvic examinations for any female patient. Finally, the Board placed Dr. Lamp on indefinite probation subject to a Board-approved practice monitoring plan and Board monitoring.
Under the terms of the June 28, 2013, Consent Agreement, Dr. Lamp voluntarily surrendered his Iowa medical license effective June 1, 2013, in lieu of compliance with the terms and conditions of the April 18, 2013, Decision and Order.
