D.C. Board of Medicine: Exoneration of Gertrude R. Ticho, M.D.

The following determination was made following the Department of Human Rights' final agency action on September 24, 1993 in Freedman v. Akin, Gump, Hauer & Feld.   Currently, it is unlawful under the laws of the District of Columbia for a psychiatrist to offer a professional psychiatric opinion about an individual without benefit of personal examination as is strongly recommended by the American Psychiatric Association's Principles of Medical Ethics. The D.C. Code in its latest revision makes it unlawful for a physician to "[fail] to conform to standards of acceptable conduct and prevailing practice within a health profession." See D.C. Code 2-3305.14(26). This provision was added to the District of Columbia Health Occupations Revision Act by D.C. Law 10-247, enacted on March 23, 1995. 

GOVERNMENT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

DEPARTMENT OF CONSUMER AND REGULATORY AFFAIRS

OCCUPATIONAL AND PROFESSIONAL LICENSING ADMINISTRATION

605 G Street, N.W.  Room 202-LL

Washington, D.C.  20001

BOARD OF MEDICINE

December 6, 1993

Mr. Gary Freedman

3801 Connecticut Avenue, N.W.

Washington, D.C.  20008

RE: Gertrude R. Ticho, M.D.

Dear Mr. Freedman:

Your complaint against the above referenced physician who is licensed in the District off Columbia has been considered by the Board of Medicine.  The following checked information applies:

(x)  The Board advises that the events/circumstances are not in violation of the law.  Therefore, the matter is closed before the Board of Medicine.

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If you have questions pertaining to this response, you may contact the office of the Board of Medicine by telephone at 202-727-6365.

Sincerely,

John P. Hopkins

Executive Director