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Lancaster County Doctor Charged For Illegal Prescriptions By PA Attorney General Lancaster County Doctor Charged For Illegal Prescriptions By PA Attorney General
Lancaster County Doctor Charged For Illegal Prescriptions By PA Attorney General A Lancaster County orthopedic surgeon is accused of illegally and unethically prescribing medications outside of the office as well as to patients, according to the Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro. Dr. Robert Simon Mathews, 83, of Millersville, has been charged with 14 felony counts of unlawful prescription of controlled substances. Dr. Mathews has been disciplined previously for inappropriate behavior. He had his medical license suspended for two years and was fined $5,000 by the state medical board in 2012 for "having sex with a woman he was treating and for prescribing the wo…

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