Opinion ID: 1495900
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 2

Heading: Record Keeping, Testing, and Misrepresentation Issues.

Text: The parties dispute the AHC's findings and conclusions on the allegations that Dr. McDonagh failed to keep and maintain adequate records. These allegations were made as part of Counts II, III, IV, V, X, and XII, rather than set out in an independent count, and the Board presented expert testimony on Dr. McDonagh's record-keeping practices in regard to the standard of care. While the AHC made an independent finding that no Missouri law or regulation sets forth standards or recommendations, [18] it failed to consider the evidence as a component of the repeated negligence counts in which the allegations of inadequate record keeping arose. It should do so on remand. The Board and Dr. McDonagh also dispute the AHC's findings regarding the Board's allegations of misrepresentation, and his alleged repeated ordering of inappropriate and unnecessary testing of patients. These issues should be remanded to the AHC for reconsideration in light of this opinion. [19]