State board reinstates doctor’s license after suspension for sexual conduct with patient
Dr. Peter Dunphy will be permitted to practice medicine in a pre-approved setting and while accompanied by a female chaperone when treating female patients.
5:00 am, Feb. 4, 2021
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The Minnesota Board of Medical Practice reinstated a conditional medical license for a longtime lakes area doctor after it was suspended in May 2020 over unethical conduct involving sexual contact with a patient.
Dr. Peter Dunphy will be permitted to practice medicine in a pre-approved setting and while accompanied by a female chaperone when treating female patients. Dunphy may petition for reinstatement of an unconditional license no sooner than two years after this action, taken Jan. 9. The doctor most recently practiced at Essentia Health’s Hackensack clinic before his employment was terminated the same month as his license suspension, according to an August 2020 statement from Essentia.