North Park Medical Group

Clinic is Closed

• The clinic had no job descriptions which included qualifications for all personnel providing direct or indirect patient care. 5 of 6 employee files had no job description in their file.
• The ultrasound machine, pulse oximeter, suction machine and other equipment had not been inspected.
• Staff was not CPR certified
• Physician did not provide the patients with the name and phone number of the closest hospital. The phone number provided in case of emergencies was for a staff member who lives and works in Houston who does not have access to the patient’s medical record information.
• The staff was using adulterated medications. They had split 2 mg Ativan tablets using a pill cutter and put the fragments in a bottle labeled as 1 mg Ativan. The pieces were different shapes and sizes and did not represent uniform halves and could not be guaranteed to measure as 1 mg of the medication.
• There was no narcotics sheet to monitor this schedule IV narcotic(Ativan).
• The facility failed to post signs stating that it is illegal for a person, even an individual’s parents, to force a person to have an abortion. These signs are required by law.
• Most of the report for January 2019 is redacted so we have no idea what the other violations in the clinic are.
• Staff was uncertified in BLS and CPR
• Physician did not take history and physical immeditately prior to abortion procedure to evaluate risk and assess if the patient was healthy enough for the procedure
• Facility failed to provide patients with information on how to access the nearest hospital to their homes should an emergency or complication arise from their abortions