From Channel 10 news in Sacramento
The former medical director of the Burlingame-based clinic involved in a sports doping scandal has been suspended from practicing medicine for 90 days.
The state Medical Board suspended the license of Doctor Brian Halevie-Goldman after investigators determined he prescribed a stimulant called modafinil to a sprinter without an examination.
Halevie-Goldman is a psychiatrist who was medical director for the Bay Area Laboratory Co-Operative, or BALCO.
He was also placed on five years' probation and ordered to undergo a psychiatric evaluation himself.
Documents show the doctor told the board that he provided the drug to the athlete after BALCO founder Victor Conte provided him with false information about the sprinter's medical condition.
Conte has since served four months in federal prison for dealing steroids.
When contacted by reporters, Halevie-Goldman declined to comment on his suspension.
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