North Dakota's medical watchdog panel has revoked a Fargo doctor's medical license.

Dr. Rodney Lee's license was revoked Wednesday by the state Board of Medical Examiners. The panel accused Lee of sloppy handling of addictive painkillers and overbilling the state's Medicaid program.

Lee ran RapidCare clinics in Fargo and Grand Forks in North Dakota, and in Moorhead and Detroit Lakes in Minnesota.

The board suspended Lee's medical license last month. Judge Allen Hoberg made a recommendation last week to revoke Lee's license. The board says it followed Hoberg's recommendation, and ordered Lee to pay the cost of prosecution.

Lee's attorney, John Goff, told the board that Lee accepted responsibility for his actions but never intended to harm anyone.

- Associated Press