Fargo doctor's license indefinitely suspended for text describing patient's genitals

[TexasTowelie]

FARGO—A longtime area pediatrician has agreed to "indefinitely suspend" his medical license for professional misconduct that included sending a text message describing an unnamed patient's genitals.

The North Dakota Board of Medicine issued the order Friday, July 22, a move that appears to essentially end Dr. Thomas Mausbach's long career.

Mausbach, who is almost 69, signed an agreement that indefinitely extends his medical license suspension that he agreed to when state medical examiners began investigating a complaint against him in April.

"The order is an indefinite suspension," said Duane Houdek, the North Dakota Board of Medicine's executive secretary. "It doesn't contemplate a way to remediate things and return to practice."

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[merrily]

1. His poor son!

[TexasTowelie]

2. I agree.

The story reads like something from a tabloid with the alleged fondling of his son and the mail order husband from China. The doctor most likely belongs in prison instead.

[Siwsan]

3. Before I left my job, I had to deal with two cases of pediatricians being arrested as pedophiles.

Both cases involved their patients and both physicians were sentenced to prison. Reading the testimony of the parents of the children involved was heartbreaking. I think this is one of the worst betrayals that can be committed by a physician.