INDIANAPOLIS (AP) _ Indiana authorities have suspended the medical license of a doctor who's facing criminal charges alleging he overprescribed prescription painkillers that resulted in three deaths.
WISH-TV reported Thursday that the Indiana Medical Licensing Board accepted an agreement between the Attorney General's Office and Dr. John Sturman to suspend his license.
The 69-year-old Sturman faces three counts of reckless homicide and 16 counts of improperly prescribing drugs. Marion County prosecutors said earlier this month three patients died in 2010 and 2011 while Sturman operated a clinic at Indiana University Hospital in Indianapolis. IU Health suspended his medical privileges in 2012.
Sturman has worked since April at the VA Iliana Healthcare System in Danville, Illinois.
A message seeking comment was left for Sturman's attorney.
