John R Buckley MD Medical Board Sanctions
License Number
159965Medical Board Action
License suspension for sixty months, stayed with probation for sixty months. The physician's license is permanently limited precluding him from prescribing for a patient controlled substances beyond a single thirty day period. Patients requiring a controlled substance for pain management beyond a thirty day period must be referred to a pain management specialist. All prescriptions for controlled substances for pain management must be reviewed and approved within 72 hours by the Director of the University of Rochester's Center for Primary Care. After a minimum of a year the physician may petition the Director of the Office of Professional Medical Conduct to remove the review and approval limitation.
Medical Board Misconduct Description
The physician did not contest the charge of negligence on more than one occasion.
Effective Date: 9/02/2013