SCOTTSBORO, Ala. (WHNT) — A Scottsboro family doctor’s medical license has been temporarily suspended and is set to appear in court, according to the Alabama State Board of Medical Examiners.
On April 10, ASBME was in session and members motioned to temporarily suspend the medical license of Dr. Alan Joel Wayne. News 19 obtained the ASBME order stating Wayne has accusations of sexual misconduct and unprofessional conduct against him, with a history of sexual misconduct dating back to 1998.
According to the document, in 1988, Wayne was issued a license to practice medicine in the State of Alabama. He was also a family practice physician in Scottsboro.
The document says that in December 1998, the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office investigated Wayne due to “sexual boundary violations and prescribing violations in his practice as a family practice physician.
The allegations against Wayne stated he dispensed controlled substances without a license, allowed his office manager to order controlled substances unsupervised, prescribed a controlled substance to his wife, prescribed controlled substances to himself and failed to accept responsibility and accountability for the handling and prescribing of controlled substances at his work.
On Jan. 19, 1999, the Board interviewed Wayne in response to the information provided from the sheriff’s office, and on March 12, the Board placed restrictions on Wayne’s certificate of qualification. The Board also entered into a Voluntary Agreement with Wayne where they restricted his ability to possess, dispense, administer and prescribe controlled substances.
Around Dec. 2, 1999, the document says Wayne asked the Board to terminate the voluntary restriction on his certificate of qualification and on Dec. 22, the Board entered the order to terminate the restrictions.
For the sexual misconduct allegations, the document says Wayne served as a patient, identified as Patient One, for more than two years.
On August 15, 2024, Patient One filed an Alabama Uniform Incident/Offense Report with the Scottsboro Police Department, saying Wayne harassed her at the medical office while providing her medical treatment.
On or around October 15, the Board received the complaint and, according to the Board’s investigation, during a series of clinical office visits between 2022 and 2024, Wayne “engaged in a series of acts that had no legitimate medical purpose and were reasonably interpreted by Patient One as being romantic in nature.”
“[Wayne] rubbed Patient One’s back, insisted that Patient One hug him before leaving the exam room, told Patient One that she would feel better if she had rough sex, made inappropriate comments about her body and , after entering the exam room and observing Patient One laying on the exam table, told Patient One he ‘finally got her lying down and could lock the door.’”
ADME document
On or around October 24, the Board let Wayne know of the complaint filed against him and that he was under investigation.
During the investigation, the ADME document said it discovered Wayne engaged in sexual misconduct in the practice of medicine towards another patient, identified as Patient Two. The document says that during a medical examination, Wayne “slipped his hands under her waistband and lifted up her pants so he could see her pubic area. [Wayne] also asked Patient Two about her sexual relationship with her fiancé on more than one occasion.”
The Board said that during its investigation, it also found out that Wayne had a pattern and practice of making comments to patients that were sexual in nature. Employees of Wayne said this happened on multiple occasions over the duration of their employment.
For his prescribing allegations, the Board said that on July 29, 2024, Wayne prescribed Soma, a controlled substance, to himself.
During the Board’s investigation, it said Wayne saw around 50 to 75 patients per day and often prescribed controlled substances to those patients. The document says Wayne ordered urine drug screens but failed to use the drug screen results in a medically appropriate fashion in the care and treatment of his patients, including those identified as Patients Three, Four, Five, Six, Seven, Eight, Nine, Ten and Eleven.
On Oct. 21, Wayne submitted to the Board an application to renew his Alabama Controlled Substances Certificate for 2025. The document says Wayne checked the box labeled “yes” when asked, “Has your privilege for dispensing or prescribing controlled substances ever been suspended, restricted, voluntarily surrendered while under investigation, or revoked in any state.”
The Board said there is probable cause to charge Wayne with the following:
- Count one – Sexual misconduct in the practice of medicine
- This charge stems from the complaints filed by Patient One.
- Count two – Sexual misconduct in the practice of medicine
- This charge stems from the complaints filed by Patient Two.
- Count three – Unprofessional conduct
- This charge comes from the time between January 2021 and April 2024, where Wayne “engaged in unprofessional conduct when he made comments to patients which were sexual in nature, which violated the high standards of honesty, diligence, prudence and ethical integrity demanded from physicians licensed to practice in the State of Alabama.”
- Count four – Unprofessional conduct
- This charge comes from when Wayne prescribed himself Soma.
- Count five – Unprofessional conduct
- This charge stems from Wayne prescribing, dispensing, furnishing and supplying a controlled substance for any reason other than a legitimate medical purpose with the urine drug screens.
Based on the charges listed, the Board has requested that Wayne cease and desist from the practice of medicine in Alabama. The Board also set a hearing for Wayne’s charges on July 23 in Montgomery.
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