CALAIS, Maine — The Maine Board of Licensure has ruled a pediatrician who briefly practiced in Calais and lied to the state about how many attempts it took to pass the state licensing exam may keep his license but must pay a $1,000 fine.
According to a consent agreement between the board and Dr. Olugbenga Adedipe, he originally applied for and was granted an emergency license to practice medicine in October 2013 in part because he told the board he had completed the U.S. Licensing Examination within three attempts, as is required.
Adedipe’s emergency license expired in January 2014.
But while inquiring about Adedipe’s permanent license application, the board received information Adedipe had not passed the exam within three attempts, as required, but passed on his fifth attempt.
On May 12, 2015, the board granted Adedipe a waiver of the three-attempt requirement.
While Adedipe must pay a $1,000 fine, the board still granted him a waiver and a permanent medical license contingent upon him meeting all other licensure requirements, according to a release.
Tim Terranova, assistant executive director of the board of licensure, said Monday that such waivers “are not uncommon, especially if a doctor has been in practice for quite a while in another place. It wasn’t a question of him not being competent.”