Her record cleared after a murky dispute, Dr. Leah Torres is struggling to pay after a lengthy battle and months of lost income
in 2020, she hoped that “other clinics elsewhere are looking to this clinic as a model.”
But just weeks after she arrived in Alabama and began practicing medicine with the Women’s Center, the Alabama Board of Medical Examiners denied her application for a permanent state medical license.
According to Marty, the state board refused requests to expedite the hearings. Eventually, the board sent a letter noting the action against the doctor “should never have been taken” and that currently, Torres’ disciplinary record is clean. But the process was a lengthy and expensive one: After the August revocation, a hearing wasn’t held until December. In January, the state agreed to give Torres her license back if she submitted to ethics classes.
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