Normann’s license revoked

SCOTTSDALE – The Arizona Medical Board on Oct. 9 accepted the disciplinary action recommended by an administrative law judge and revoked the medical license of Anthem doctor Peter J. Normann.

The board’s action follows the deaths of three patients while under Normann’s care, a news release states.

The first patient died in December 2006, but the medical board did not learn of that case until a second patient suffered cardiac arrest and died in April.

Two days later, Normann signed a consent agreement in which he said he would not perform liposuction procedures in his office or any procedure requiring conscious sedation until further order of the board.

In June, a liposuction procedure was performed by an unlicensed practitioner in Normann’s office. Normann did not participate in that procedure, but the patient later died while in his care.

Gary Page, who performed the procedure, was not licensed by the Arizona Medical Board but did hold an Arizona homeopathic license.

The next day, the board summarily suspended Normann’s license, sending the case to an expedited formal hearing at the Office of Administrative Hearings. Neither  Normann nor his attorney participated in that formal hearing in August.

Last month, the administrative law judge who heard the case issued his recommended order for revocation.

The Arizona Medical Board licenses and regulates 19,200 medical doctors in Arizona. Board headquarters are located at 9545 E. Doubletree Ranch Road in Scottsdale.