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W. Va. Board Revokes License of Doctor Who Wrote Illegal Scripts
By: Associated Press
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MILTON, W.Va. (AP) – A West Virginia doctor who admitted in state and federal court to writing illegal opioid prescriptions and possessing drugs has had his license revoked.
Records show the state medicine board took away Marc Spelar’s license to practice psychiatry last week.
Spelar, of Milton, was charged in federal court this year with 10 counts of unlawful distribution of controlled substances involving more than 800 prescriptions. Spelar pleaded guilty in an August plea agreement to one count of distributing narcotics to a patient he never examined and who didn’t have a medical need for the drugs. He also pleaded guilty in Lawrence County, Ohio, to unrelated drug possession charges in 2017.
His sentencing for the distribution charge is scheduled for December.