COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS

Middlesex, SS.

Board of Registration in Medicine

Docket No. 25-001

In the Matter of

Angus J. Michaels, M.D.

BRN 233839

VOLUNTARY AGREEMENT FOR PRACTICE RESTRICTIONS

The Massachusetts Board of Registration in Medicine (“Board”) and the physician, Angus J. Michaels, M.D. (“Licensee”) do hereby stipulate and agree as follows:

1. The Board and the Licensee executed a Voluntary Agreement Not to Practice (“Agreement”) on January 23, 2025, whereby the parties agreed that the “Agreement will remain in effect until the Board determines that [the] Agreement should be modified or terminated; or until the Board takes other action against [Licensee’s] license to practice medicine; or until the Board takes final action on the docketed complaint set forth in the caption of this Agreement.”
2. Upon the Licensee’s request at its meeting on February 26, 2026, the Board voted to terminate the Agreement upon the Licensee’s entrance into a Voluntary Agreement for Practice Restrictions (“VAPR”), and acceptance of the VAPR by the Board.
3. The Licensee agrees to limit his patient encounters to encounters only by telehealth as defined by G.L. c. 112, § 50(a) and Board Policy 2020-01, Policy on Telemedicine in the Commonwealth (Amended October 6, 2022).
4. The Licensee agrees that he will not have any face-to-face in-person patient encounters.
5. The Licensee agrees that he will not conduct telehealth visits from any office, room, or other location within a building where patients can receive face-to-face in-person care from other physicians and/or health care providers.
6. The Licensee agrees to comply with all Massachusetts statutes, regulations, and policies governing the practice of medicine.
7. The Board agrees that in return for the Licensee’s execution of this VAPR and promises contained therein, the Board will terminate the January 23, 2025 Agreement.
8. The Licensee and the Board agree that this VAPR will remain in effect until the Board determines that this VAPR should be modified or terminated; or until the Board takes other action against Licensee’s license to practice medicine; or until the Board takes final action on the docketed complaint set forth in the caption of this Agreement.

9. The Licensee is entering this VAPR voluntarily.

10. The Licensee acknowledges that he has been represented by legal counsel in connection with the above-referenced matter and this VAPR. The Licensee certifies that he has read this VAPR. The Licensee understands and agrees that entering into this VAPR is a voluntary and final act and not subject to reconsideration, appeal or judicial review.

11. The Licensee understands and agrees that this VAPR is a public document and may be subject to a press release or disclosure as required under Massachusetts public records law.

12. The Licensee understands and agrees that this action is non-disciplinary but will be reported by the Board to the appropriate federal data banks and national reporting organizations, including the National Practitioner Data Bank and the Federation of State Medical Boards.

13. The Licensee understands and agrees that any violation of this VAPR shall be prima facie evidence for immediate summary suspension of the Licensee's license to practice medicine, notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph 8.

14. The Licensee understands and agrees that by voluntarily agreeing to this practice restriction pursuant to this VAPR, the Licensee does not waive any right to contest any allegations brought against the Licensee by the Board and the Licensee's signature on this VAPR does not constitute any admissions on the Licensee's part. Nothing contained in this VAPR shall be construed as an admission or acknowledgment by the Licensee of wrongdoing of any kind in the practice of medicine or otherwise.

15. The Licensee agrees to provide a complete copy of this VAPR, within twenty-four (24) hours of notification of the Board's acceptance of this VAPR, by certified mail, return receipt requested, or by hand delivery to the following designated entities: any in-state or out-of-state hospital, nursing home, clinic, other licensed facility, or municipal, state, or federal facility at which the Licensee practices medicine; any in-state or out-of-state health maintenance organization with which the Licensee has privileges or any other kind of association; any state agency, in-or-out-of-state, with which the Licensee has a provider contract; any in-state or out-of-state medical employer, whether or not the Licensee practices medicine there; the Drug Enforcement Administration Boston Diversion Group; Massachusetts Department of Public Health Drug Control Program; and the state licensing boards of all states in which the Licensee has any kind of license to practice medicine. The Licensee will certify to the Board within seven (7) days that he has complied with this directive. The Board expressly reserves the authority to independently notify, at any time, any of the entities designated above or any other affected entity, of any action it has taken.

16. This VAPR represents the entire agreement between the parties at this time.

Angus J. Michaels, M.D.

Licensee

DATE

Accepted by the Board of Registration in Medicine this 12th_ day of March, 2026.

Booker T. Bush, M.D.

Board Chair

Ratified by the Board of Registration in Medicine this ____ day of _____, 2026.

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Booker T. Bush, M.D.

Board Chair