Disciplinary Action against Joseph Natole, Jr., M.D.
In the mid-1990s, the Michigan Board of Medicine charged Joseph Natole, Jr. with improperly treating 37 patients for Lyme disease. Following an administrative hearing, the Board concluded that Natole had violated the public health code with respect to all of the patients. Natole appealed to a state court, which upheld the Board’s findings except in the case of patient C.W., where the judge felt that the board had not sufficiently documented its reasoning. When the case was returned to the board, it withdrew the charges related to that patient. In 1998, Natole signed a consent agreement under which he did not contest the other charges and agreed to (a) have his license suspended for three months, (b) pay a $50,000 fine, (c) take a 3-month …
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