Georgia

Each state has its own set of statutes and regulations on licensing doctors, accommodating patients who wish to file complaints, and releasing information about physicians who have been subject to discipline and legal action. On this page, we’re sharing the key findings regarding Georgia, which we will continue to update as the series progresses.

Key fact: Not all physicians are required to undergo background checks. Our reporting in Georgia, includes an investigation against a DeKalb County physician that began with an internet radio listener, how an undercover GBI agent posed as a patient to nab a serial abuser, and how one Metro Atlanta physician continues to practice despite repeated accusations spanning three decades.

Researching a doctor

  • Accurate records of sexual abuse accusations against doctors are not always easily accessible. In Georgia, the best chance of finding problems is to search the records offered by the Georgia Composite Medical Board. You can search for any board orders against Georgia doctors here. Please note that license search results typically include all public disciplinary actions, not just those involving sexual misconduct, and can sometimes include vague language. Also, some states deal with some disciplinary issues privately; private board orders are not included.

Where to file a complaint

Quoted

“Maybe I am a pervert, I honestly don’t know.”

— Dr. Donald Ray Taylor to Kennestone Wellstar Hospital, after he was accused of pinching female patients’ nipples with a hemostat, supposedly to check their responsiveness to anesthesia; unnecessarily exposing female patients’ breasts during medical procedures; and subjecting young females to rectal and vaginal exams for no apparent medical reason. The medical board monitored him from 2000 to about 2008. Then in 2013 it found he had engaged in professional sexual misconduct with a patient and an employee. After a brief suspension, the board placed him on probation. He is still actively licensed in Georgia.

Taylor has not yet responded to a request for comment.

Highlighted case

Dr. Peter John Ulbrich

The medical board ordered the OB/gyn to undergo a mental and physical examination, and results revealed that he admitted to having sexual relations with two female patients and boundary violations with a third patient.

The examiners recommended an intensive program of treatment for sexual misconduct, and the board suspended him while he underwent treatment in 2010.

In 2011, the board received information Ulbrich may have been practicing medicine while his license was suspended. While he denied that, he admitted being present at Botox parties, where his patients received injections of Botox by an unlicensed person at a home. Still, the board allowed him to return to practice, on probation. All restrictions were lifted in 2015.

The board’s website shows that Ulbrich practices in Peachtree City, Ga.

He has not yet responded to a request for comment.

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