Miami Man Arrested For Practicing Medicine Without A License
MIAMI (CBS4) - A Miami man is behind bars after police say he posed as a doctor at a Little Havana clinic.
Teobaldo Humberto Fuentes, 46, is charged with Unlicensed Practice of a Health Care Profession, Practicing Medicine without a License, and Prescription Fraud.
Authorities allege Fuentes treated patients at Clinica la Caridad located at 285 NW 27th Avenue in Miami.
Miami Police says Fuentes was taken into custody with the help of the department's Pharmaceutical Diversion Taskforce, the Florida Department of Health's Unlicensed Activities Office and the US Food and Drug Administration's Office of Criminal Investigation.
Police want to speak with anyone who may have been treated by Fuentes. They are also urging those patients to contact a licensed medical professional for an examination.
Christian Arencibi went to the La Caridad Clinic Wednesday afternoon for a drug test to start a new job. He says a legitimate lab company referred him.
"(Practicing) without a license! He deserves to be in jail then, I'm sorry," Arencibi told CBS4's Natalia Zea.
Arencibi says the clinic looked legitimate.
"Looked so professional, his nurses had a high vocabulary and he had all his diplomas on the wall."
Arencibi hopes no one is hurt from this.
"Hopefully it doesn't affect the job, hopefully my results go in and that's his problem. I just feel bad for the kids who come here and get their vaccines and the women who come for gynecologist stuff and they don't have a certified doctor."
Anyone with additional information is asked to call Miami-Dade Crime Stoppers at (305) 471-TIPS.
