The Iowa Board of Chiropractic has filed a Notice of Hearing and Statement of Charges against a Chiropractor from Atlantic. According to IBC documents, a disciplinary contested case hearing for Melissa S. Sternberg, who operates Dr. Zook’s Family Chiropractic in Atlantic and Carson, will take place 10-a.m. Oct. 10th, in Des Moines. The Board alleges:

• Sternberg represented herself as a chiropractic physician, when her license was suspended or on inactive status, in Violation of Iowa Code.
• Sternberg is practicing with an inactive license, in Violation of Iowa Code.
• And, that she has failed to comply with a subpoena issued by the Board, or otherwise failing to cooperate with a Board investigation, in violation of Iowa Code.

The Board’s records show Sternberg’s business license to practice chiropractic was suspended in Feb., 2015. Her license expired on June 30th, 2016. Her license was indefinitely suspended in Feb. 2015 due to the Board’s receipt of a certificate of non-compliance from the Iowa Department of Revenue Centralized Collection Unit.  The statement issued by the Iowa Board of Chiropractic said the matter may be resolved by settlement agreement if Sternberg follows the procedural rules.

(More information on this case can be found here: https://idph.iowa.gov/Licensure/Iowa-Board-of-Chiropractic/Discipline-and-Public-Actions?utm_medium=email&utm_source=govdelivery )