The Arkansas State Medical Board on Friday suspended the license of a Flippin doctor who was arrested last week on child-pornography charges.
According to court records, Lee Gibson, 60, was arrested Feb. 1 on charges of distributing, possessing or viewing matter depicting sexually explicit conduct involving a child.
According to a report in the Baxter Bulletin, Gibson was released the same day after posting a $50,000 bond. A circuit judge sealed the probable-cause affidavit at the county prosecutor's request, the newspaper reported.
In a Sept. 5 petition for an order of protection, Gibson's former wife described him as an emergency room doctor who works at a hospital in Kensett, Mo.
In a conference call meeting Friday, the Medical Board voted to suspend Gibson's Arkansas license pending a hearing.
Kevin O'Dwyer, an attorney for the board, said the board typically allows doctors facing criminal charges to postpone hearings on their licenses until the criminal charges are resolved. In the meantime, the doctors' licenses remain suspended.
He said the licensing boards in Missouri and Oklahoma were notified of the Arkansas board's action.
Metro on 02/10/2018