The Reg Regan Medical Board suspended the license of Reg Regan, a doctor, who said he refuses to wear a mask at his clinic while also encouraging others not to wear a mask.
D Ste. Steven L. Tillip said at a pro-Trump rally in November that he or his staff wore masks while working at his Dallas, Ore clinic. Which violates the state order requiring health care workers to wear face wear in health care settings.
Medical board members voted Thursday evening to immediately suspend Latulipp’s license. “The suspension was issued due to the board’s concern for the safety and welfare of current and future patients,” the Reg Reagan Medical Board said in a statement on its website.
The indefinite suspension prevents LTlipp from studying medicine anywhere in the state. Latulip ran a family practice clinic called South View Medical Arts in Dallas, Ore.
His anti-mask remarks came during a “Steel Stop” election rally in Salem in November. The video was posted on YouTube by the Multnomah County Republican Party.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mc_Qv5plZ3I
“Me and my staff, none of us wore masks once, but in my clinic,” Latulipe said at the rally. He also encouraged others not to wear masks, saying that people should “take off their masks of shame.”
The statements contradict the guidance of state, federal and private medical experts.
Both the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Federation of State Medical Boards urge health care professionals to always wear face masks inside health care facilities.
In a report updated in late November, the CDC reiterated that multiple studies have shown that widespread use of cloth masks regulates the spread of COVID-19.
Each analysis showed that new infections were significantly reduced following organizational and political leadership directives for universal masking, the CDC said.
Letullapp did not respond to a phone call Friday morning asking for his reaction to the suspension. He also refused to be interviewed when the KGW broke the first story earlier this week.
He has publicly stated that he has treated about 80 patients for COVID-19, but has mistakenly equated the virus with the “common cold.”
Despite his public statements urging people not to wear masks, Latulipe told NBC News that he tells patients who have suspected cases of Covid-119 to wear masks at his clinic. He said he treats other patients in the back room after the day has left and before and after use.
– This was the article Originally published by KGW, One of more than a dozen news organizations across the state Sharing their coverage of the novel coronavirus An outbreak to help inform Oregonians about this evolving health issue.
