State suspends Rapid City osteopath

By Dan Daly, Journal staff | Sunday, July 15, 2007

RAPID CITY -- Osteopath Jeffrey A. Buckau and his Mountainside Family Practice Clinic in Rapid City has apparently been shut down after his license was suspended by the South Dakota Board of Medical and Osteopathic Examiners.

A telephone recording at Mountainside’s Rapid City office confirmed that the office has been closed. The message ended with: “We intend to fight this as far as we can in the courts.”

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After several inquiries last week by the Rapid City Journal, the Board’s executive director, Margaret Hansen, issued a written statement:

“The (Board) has suspended the license of Jeffrey A. Buckau D.O. because of his violations of the Medical Practices Act. He will be afforded all his due process rights at a hearing in which the SDBMOE is required to establish whether his license will be cancelled, suspended, or revoked.”

The statement did not specify what violations Buckau is alleged to have committed. Hansen said a hearing date has not been scheduled.

Buckau’s office at 3625 Fifth St. appeared to be empty on Friday, and Buckau was not available for comment. He also has an office in Lead, which appears to have been closed as well.

Osteopathy is a school of medicine and surgery that employs various methods of diagnosis and treatment, but it places special emphasis on the relationship of the musculo-skeletal system with other body systems.

In the United States, osteopaths are fully licenced and considered the equivalent of medical doctors.

Contact Dan Daly at 394-8421 or dan.daly@rapidcityjournal.com

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