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Updated: April 15, 2005, 12:05 PM ET
Board calls doctor a 'serious threat'
COLUMBIA, S.C. -- The doctor at the center of a steroid investigation involving current and former Carolina Panthers players had his license suspended by the state.
The South Carolina Board of Medical Examiners issued a temporary suspension this week against James Shortt, saying the alternative practitioner is "unfit to practice medicine" and calling him a "serious threat" to public health. The board voted Wednesday and announced its decision Thursday after notifying Shortt.
The suspension order said Shortt prescribed the steroid testosterone to four unidentified male patients "in doses and frequencies that were extremely unlikely to have been prescribed with any legitimate medical justification."
A recent CBS News report said three Carolina Panthers players filled prescriptions from Shortt for banned steroids less than two weeks before the team played in the 2004 Super Bowl.
Medical board spokesman Jim Knight declined to say whether the four males cited in the suspension order were Panthers players.
"I haven't done anything wrong, I haven't done anything different, I haven't done anything since all this foolishness started a year ago," Shortt told The Charlotte (N.C.) Observer for Friday editions.
Shortt has until April 27 to request a hearing contesting the suspension. The board said it will continue its investigation and decide whether his license should be permanently revoked.
Board calls doctor a 'serious threat'
COLUMBIA, S.C. -- The doctor at the center of a steroid investigation involving current and former Carolina Panthers players had his license suspended by the state.
The South Carolina Board of Medical Examiners issued a temporary suspension this week against James Shortt, saying the alternative practitioner is "unfit to practice medicine" and calling him a "serious threat" to public health. The board voted Wednesday and announced its decision Thursday after notifying Shortt.
The suspension order said Shortt prescribed the steroid testosterone to four unidentified male patients "in doses and frequencies that were extremely unlikely to have been prescribed with any legitimate medical justification."
A recent CBS News report said three Carolina Panthers players filled prescriptions from Shortt for banned steroids less than two weeks before the team played in the 2004 Super Bowl.
Medical board spokesman Jim Knight declined to say whether the four males cited in the suspension order were Panthers players.
"I haven't done anything wrong, I haven't done anything different, I haven't done anything since all this foolishness started a year ago," Shortt told The Charlotte (N.C.) Observer for Friday editions.
Shortt has until April 27 to request a hearing contesting the suspension. The board said it will continue its investigation and decide whether his license should be permanently revoked.
