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Medical Marijuana Doctor's Another area of contention is the apparent lack of oversight regarding who receives a physician's recommendation for MM7 and the process in doing so. One doctox who is touted as a "MMJ Doctor" is a practitioner in the City of El Cerrito. It is reported that our iota] doctor has issued over ten thousand recommendations for MNi7 in th.e ten years since Prop. 215 was enacted in 1996. Research on the internee has revealed that the cost to patients to receive their initial recommendation ranges from 5125.00 to $250.00. If these fgures are accurate, this ene doctor has made $1,250,000 to 2,500,000 over the past ten years just in issuing MMJ recommendations. These recommendations have to be renewed every one to two years at the cost of $50.00 to $1.00.00. This same doctor has repeatedly been the target of investigations regarding his practices related to MMJ anal is currently on probation with the Medical. Board of California as a result of investigations into 47 complaints, all of which were refereed by law enforcement or district attonieys. And this is how his web site explains this; Medical Board of California v Tod H. Mikuriya, M.D. Since 1993, the Medical Board of California have had various ongoing investigations into Dr. Mikuriya's use of cannabinoids in his medical practice. Beginning in 1993 witih aural county probation officers turning him in to the medical board for prescribing 1vlarinol to probationers. The initial investigation resulted in a letter in Dr. Mikuriya's file. With the passage of the Compassionate Use Act of 1.996, outlying Sheriff Deputies and District Attonzeys began flooding the Medical Board with bogus complaints. Nearly 50 complaints were filed, none came from patients, health care professionals or patient families--none alleged any harn~ to patients. The medical board. initiated multiple investigations. In 2003 Dr. Mikuriya had a hearing in front of an Administrative Law Judge which resulted in the worst of the allegations being dismissed. (Dismissed charges included unprofessional conduct and incompetence.) However, Dr. Mikuriya was convicted for negligence and failing to keep adeduate records. Ln April. of 2004 he was placed on probation. which includes a practice monitor, cost recovery ($70,000), and various other indecencies. Appeals of all charges are pending and continue. This page and the associated Links contain all of the legal documents in this matter, as well as interpretations of why it occurred and the politics that surround it by Dr. Mikuriya. All. of. these materials are being made available to the public and any interested party as a means for Dr. Tod to show that this entire production was--and remains--a political. action and has nothing to do with patient care and/or harm. (Source: http•//www.mikuri.ya.com/) Another interesting concept is that even the doctors involved in this industry appear to do a "cash only" business. This is from Dr's Ellis' site; http•//www potdoc comlProfilePase.html Occasionally the office will. be closed due to Dr. Ellis' outside schedule. You must call to schedule an appointment to see Dr. R. Stephen. Ellis,lVlD (CA License # G-40749}. We are not a referral service for medical marijuana doctors in your area. We are a medical clinic with one medical doctor located in San Francisco, California. 30 75A-39