Doc Goes Up the River but Keeps License

Former South Florida political power broker "Alan Mendelsohn will be able to go back to his medical practice after serving a federal prison term for wire fraud conspiracy and other crimes, a state medical licensing board decided on Friday," reports the Sun Sentinel. "The Florida Board of Medicine agreed Friday to approve a settlement between Mendelsohn and the state Department of Health. Under the terms of the agreement, Mendelsohn, a Hollywood eye doctor, will receive a reprimand. He must also pay a $20,000 fine, reimburse investigative costs of $4,616, and his medical license will be on probation for three years." Read more.