Disciplinary Action against Tyler Freeman, M.D.
In June 2005, the North Carolina Medical Board charged Tyler Freeman, M.D. of Charlotte, North Carolina with unprofessional conduct for serving as medical director of a clinic operated by William J. Pearce, an unlicensed “naturopath” who performed medical acts and issued prescriptions to patients in Freeman’s name although Dr. Freeman never examined the patients. The Charlotte Observer has reported that Pearce is being investigated for practicing medicine without a license and has served time in a Florida prison for similar activities. In the Florida case, according the the Observer: Pearce assumed the identity of Dr. William J. Rick, a friend who died in 1986. Using Rick’s Florida medical license, Pearce opened several clinics in south and central Florida. In 1990, Pearce was arrested and charged …
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