The Iowa Board of Chiropractic said in an order filed Oct. 10th, that the Board and local practitioner Melissa Sternberg, Doctor of Chiropractic, have entered into a Settlement Agreement and Final Order, to settle a contested case currently pending before the Board. Sternberg, of Carson, was with Zook’s Family Chiropractic in Atlantic at the time of the Board’s original actions against her.

The allegations contained in the Statement of Charges against Respondent (Sternberg) will be resolved without proceeding to hearing, as the Board and she stipulate the following as facts in the case, which include, but are not limited to:

• The Board filed a Notice of Hearing and Statement of Charges on July 11, 2018.
• Sternberg admits the allegations in the Statement of Charges and acknowledges that the allegations, if proven in a contested case proceeding, would constitute grounds for the discipline agreed to in the Order.
• Execution of the Order constitutes the resolution of a contested case. Sternberg has a right to hearing before the Board on the charges, but has indicated she will waive the right to hearing and all attendant rights, including the right to appeal or seek judicial review of the Board’s actions, by freely and voluntarily entering into the Order.

The Order requires Sternberg to be CITED for representing herself as a chiropractic physician when her license was suspended and WARNED that failure to comply with the laws governing the practice of chiropractic in the future could result in further discipline. Sternberg furthermore agreed that she will not practice chiropractic while her license is suspended and/or on inactive status, and the Order assessed a civil penalty in the amount of $750, to be paid within six months from the date the agreement is accepted by the Board.

On Dec. 2nd, 2014, the Board filed a Notice of Intent to Suspend Sternberg’s license. On Feb. 16th, 2015, they filed a notice of Indefinite Suspension. A Notice of Hearing and Statement of Charges was filed in her case on July 11, 2018, with the Settlement Agreement and Final Order filed Oct. 10, 2018. Read more at https://idph.iowa.gov/Licensure/Iowa-Board-of-Chiropractic/Discipline-and-Public-Actions?utm_medium=email&utm_source=govdelivery