Las Vegas doctor loses license

A Las Vegas physician in practice for more than 20 years in Southern Nevada lost his license Tuesday for code of conduct violations.

Dr. David Moon of Accelerated Rehabilitation and Pain Center had been accused of poor record keeping, improper prescribing practices, failing to supervise his physician assistants and issues involving his arrest in April 2013 at McCarran International Airport.

The Nevada State Board of Osteopathic Medicine met Tuesday evening in Henderson, and members voted to take Moon's license. Moon had obligations under an agreement he entered to keep practicing while he addressed concerns about his record keeping and his treatments for pain-related conditions.

Members followed the recommendation of board attorney Louis Ling who suggested revoking Moon's license until he was reinstated to practice medicine in Oklahoma.

In June, the Oklahoma State Board of Osteopathic Examiners revoked Moon's license there, and he surrendered his Utah license earlier this year. Documents in the Oklahoma and Nevada cases show Moon was arrested April 17, 2013, at McCarran when he was trying to board an airplane to Tulsa, Okla., with an unregistered pistol and prescription drugs in his luggage.

Some of the drugs were in vials dispensed by a pharmacy and were in the names of Moon, his family members and various unrelated people. Some of the drugs were in clear plastic baggies, in unreadable or unmarked vials, or were mixed in with other drugs in labeled vials.

Also contained in the luggage were hypodermic syringes. The arresting officer listed the potential charges as possession of a hypodermic device, possession of an unregistered handgun and possession of a controlled substance with intent to sell. No criminal charges were filed after his arrest.

In October, board officials and Moon agreed to resolve the disciplinary matter without the cost and loss of productive time that would happen during a full hearing on the matter, but Moon failed to live up to the terms of the settlement agreement. To regain his license in Nevada, Moon also must reimburse the board for the cost of investigating and prosecuting his case, for which he has about $13,000 of the $80,000 total cost.

Moon also owes more than $5,000 for the work of Dr. Denis Patterson, a Reno pain specialist who oversaw Moon's practice as part of the failed settlement agreement.

Contact Steven Moore at smoore@reviewjournal.com or 702-380-4563.