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A 54-year-old physician from Belle Plain, who allegedly engaged in a pattern of sexual misconduct, has entered into a formal agreement with the Iowa Board of Medicine not to treat patients.
Robert A. Bischoff, was charged in September with sexual misconduct, unprofessional conduct and disruptive behavior in the practice of medicine by the state board. The Board believed Bischoff engaged in an inappropriate sexual relationship with a former patient in 2007, and that the patient stole his prescription pad and illegally obtained prescription drugs. The board also alleges that Bischoff made inappropriate sexual advances toward a female co-worker in 2006.
Bischoff was the subject of a number of complaints from female patients who said that he engaged in inappropriate touching as well as unprofessional comments. It was reported that the doctor viewed and stored pornographic images on a workplace computer, and that he frequently became angry and yelled at co-workers and other providers.
On July, Bischoff completed a board-ordered comprehensive physical, neuropsychological, mental health, sexual misconduct and substance abuse evaluation. The results of the evaluation, according to the board, concluded that Bischoff is not safe to treat patients at this time.
According to the agreement, Bischoff will not treat patients “until the resolution of the pending contest case before the Board, whether in the family clinic, a hospital or any other setting.”
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