Board Office Case Summary

Board office received a report from the Databank from Boone Hospital Center where concerns were raised about Dr. Kaplan’s practice at the hospital and his voluntary surrender of clinical privileges while under , or to avoid, investigation relating to professional competence or conduct.

Part of the investigation related to the doctor allowing his wife, Christine Bell-Kaplan to practice medicine beyond her scope of practice and problems related to the doctor’s ability to practice surgery safely.

The hospital offered to pay for an evaluation at PRC to which he refused.

The doctor states that his wife was not practicing beyond her scope and he did not refuse to be evaluated at PRC. He stated he found out that PRC was for impaired physicians