Health & Fitness

Texas Medical Board Suspends License of Houston Doctor

The Texas Medical Board suspended the license of a Houston doctor.

HOUSTON, TX — The Texas Medical Board temporarily suspended the medical license of Benjamin Deaton.

The board found that Deaton was Terminated by the Texas Physician Health Program for noncompliance with drug testing.

The medical board determined that Deaton's continued substance abuse and his noncompliance with drug testing poses a continuing threat the public welfare.

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