A northeast Arkansas doctor’s licence has been suspended after allegations he performed a sex act with a staff member as other workers watched.
Dr. David Diffine’s licence was suspended on an emergency basis Oct. 14, according to records from the Arkansas State Medical Board.
The board found that Diffine’s actions “exhibit an ongoing danger to the public in his continued practice of medicine.”
Diffine operates three family practice clinics – the Diffiner Family Practice – in Blytheville, Paragould and Bono, according to his website.
The medical board says it received a complaint on July 17 that Diffine engaged in sexual contact with his staff, who are also his patients, and sexually harassed those staff members.
The complaint was accompanied by a video from a security camera inside the clinic that allegedly showed Diffine “performing a sexual act with a staff member while other staff members were present and watching. The video also shows Diffine walking throughout the clinic naked,” the records state.
Dr. Bradley Diner with the Arkansas Medical Foundation reviewed the video, according to records. He called the behaviuor “perverse” and recommended a formal professional evaluation.
The video, which has now been released to the public, shows Diffine walking around naked, including in the hallway between patients’ rooms.
Diffine faces a disciplinary hearing before the state medical board on Dec. 6.
In 2017, Diffine was under investigation after being accused of prescribing “excessive amounts of controlled substances.” Those charges were dropped due to a lack of evidence, records show.
Source: LIB.
