LOUISVILLE, KY. (WHAS11) -- If your doctor had ever been accused of sexually violating a patient, would you know about it?
Dozens of physicians in Kentucky are investigated and disciplined for that type of behavior every year.
But a local attorney doesn't believe the state's medical board goes far enough to protect the public.
We trust doctors with the most important thing we have ...our health.
When we go to them we expect them to act in our best interest.
But that's not always the case.
“He would tell me I couldn't get my medicine unless he got to rub on me,” said one patient.
“He was fondling my breasts,” said another woman.
These women are discussing visits to their doctors.
Attorney Charles Miller represents another patient who says she was sexually abused by her doctor.
“He didn't have any gloves on. He palpitated her abdomen and then stuck his fingers into her vagina and kept them in there for some time,” said Miller.
Miller's client says that's what happened when his client went to see Dr. Ashok Alur in March.
She became suspicious, but thought it might have been part of a normal course of medical treatment.
In September, the woman said Alur ripped off her pants and panties then performed oral sex on her.
A police report says Alur admitted the act, saying he was “distracted and tempted”.
Since his arrest, on sodomy charges, two other women have claimed Alur abused them, but he's still practicing medicine at his Crestwood clinic, though he's required to have a chaperone in the room.
“It’s a threat to the community at large to allow someone who's admitted to sodomizing a patient to continue practicing medicine under any circumstances,” Miller said.
Alur is far from the only doctor in Kentucky accused of sexual abuse who is still practicing.
We first told you about Dr. Jack Allen in 2008.
Allen allegedly fondled, kissed or otherwise abused seven women, but never lost his license.
Dr. Jackie Maxey is still practicing in London, Ky., despite claims from dozens of women that he performed up to 30 PAP smears a year on them.
One 14 year old girl got a PAP smear after showing up for treatment of a sore throat.
But the person who likely has been disciplined the most for inappropriate sexual contact is Dr. Eric Norsworthy of Beaver Dam.
He was cited for touching breasts, having intercourse with patients and other infractions leading to him being cited with complaints in 1989, 1990, 1993, 2000, 2002 and 2007 for alleged sexual misconduct.
Even though a hearing officer recommended his license be terminated, the Kentucky Board of Medical Licensure has allowed him to continue practicing medicine, as long as he no longer sees female patients.
“The Medical Licensure Board finds a lot of these things to be "he said, she said" type situations, which may be more difficult to prove,” said Miller.
While the General Counsel for the Kentucky Board of Medical Licensure declined an on camera interview, he assured us that the board aggressively investigates and takes disciplinary action against physicians who are found to have sexually abused patients.
But even if your doctor is disciplined, there's a very good chance you'll never know.
“There's no obligation to disclose that and most people are not aware that the Kentucky Board of Medical Licensure exists,” said Miller.
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