Doctor's license stripped for sales over Internet

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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - State regulators have stripped the medical license of a doctor who allegedly sold prescriptions over the Internet without examining patients or getting proper information from them.

The Illinois Department of Professional Regulation revoked the license of Miles J. Jones, who also has lost his licenses in North Dakota, Wisconsin and Tennessee.

Following an investigation in North Dakota, Illinois officials notified Jones that they might pull his license, then did so when he did not respond. The department made the decision public this week.

A North Dakota Bureau of Criminal Investigation agent used a fake name to place an Internet order to Jones for the prescription drug Cipro. The state Board of Medical Examiners reported that his credit card was charged $50 for the doctor's consultation and $150 for the pills, though he was never asked why he needed the drug or questioned about the dosage and amount of the pills.

"It is clear that his actions in doing so place patients in North Dakota and elsewhere at risk," the board wrote.

Illinois officials listed an Urbana address for Jones, but no phone listing could be found.

In a Wisconsin case, officials allege Jones sold Viagra over the Internet to a 14-year-old boy under FBI supervision.

Documents from the North Dakota case indicate similar investigations in New Jersey and by the Federation of State Medical Boards of the United States.

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