Just came across this article in the Minneapolis Star-Tribune.  I hate when anyone in the medical profession, or any service industry for that matter, abuses their power.  Earning trust from your clients and patrons is such an important key to long-term success…and that goes for anyone from auto mechanics to chiropractors.  If you abuse that to the level that this guy did, you should be stripped from your ability to practice forever!  Just my two cents.

A Lakeville chiropractor’s license was suspended after he misled patients about his services and charged fees to credit cards he took out in their names, according to an order made public by the Board of Chiropractic Examiners in April.

After examining some new patients, Cory Dean Couillard told them that rejecting his treatment plan could lead to cancer, a heart attack or premature death, the report stated.

In August, the attorney general sued him and his company, Express Health P.A., for applying for high-interest credit cards in his patients’ names, often without their consent, and placing large charges on them.

The board ordered Couillard to enroll in an ethics program and pay restitution. After 21 months, he may be eligible to work in a supervised setting.