Dr. Meryl Nass is now suspended into 2025.
Maine’s medical licensing board has extended the suspension of a doctor who has been critical of COVID-19 vaccines.
The Maine Board of License in Medicine (BOLIM) on Dec. 13 voted to extend the suspension of Dr. Meryl Nass until April 30, 2025.
“The continued ability of Dr. Nass to practice as a physician in the state of Maine constitutes an immediate jeopardy to the health and physical safety of the public who might receive her medical services,” BOLIM’s suspension letter stated.
Dr. Nass “exhibited incompetency” through various actions, including failing to obtain complete medical histories of patients she saw remotely and lying about the diagnosis of one patient in order to make sure they received hydroxychloroquine, the letter said.
Dr. Nass was fined $10,000.
Dr. Nass’s suspension can be lifted before 39 months pass if she complies with directives from the board, including completing ethics courses and undergoing a competency evaluation by an evaluator approved by the board.
Dr. Nass said she does not plan to comply with the terms.
“The terms the board gave me to get my license back would require me to not tell patients factual information and my educated opinions. This would require me to violate my oath to be concerned only with the welfare of the patient I am caring for,” Dr. Nass told The Epoch Times in an email.
An investigation into the doctor started when complaints were lodged accusing her of spreading dangerous information when she questioned the effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccines. The sister of Maine Gov. Janet Mills, a Democrat, was among those complaining about Dr. Nass’s public speech.
Some complaints concerned Dr. Nass’s telemedicine care of several patients who sought her out for prescriptions of ivermectin and hydroxychloroquine, which have frequently been prescribed by doctors for COVID-19. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration, which has approved the drugs for other uses, and some other officials have said the drugs should not be used to treat the illness.
By Zachary Stieber
