Ex-maid arrested on charges of practicing medicine without a license

A Las Vegas pistillate has been arrested connected allegations she posed arsenic a doc portion dispensing antibiotic injections, hormone treatments and medicine drugs from a store converted to look similar a aesculapian office.

Diana Hernandez, 47, was booked astatine the Clark County Detention Center connected Thursday connected felony counts of acting arsenic a aesculapian practitioner without a licence and possession of a controlled substance with intent to sell. A constabulary apprehension study for Hernandez identifies her by the alternate sanction of Amelia Salcido-Ramirez.

In the apprehension report, Metropolitan Police Department detectives wrote that they obtained a hunt warrant for an eastbound Las Vegas location adjacent East Charleston Boulevard and Christy Lane connected Wednesday arsenic portion of an probe into an “unlicensed aesculapian practice.” Police recovered concern cards astatine the location for a “family doctor” nether the concern sanction of NHC Natural Health Counselors on with the the words “ask for Diana,” who advertised concern hours from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m.

Police said the store of the location had been converted into a diligent introspection room.

“The furniture had a bladed integrative covering the ft of the furniture wherever 1 could beryllium seated,” constabulary wrote. “To the close of the furniture was a achromatic drawer thorax with respective drawers connected it. This drawer had respective antithetic medicine packages successful each drawer and seemed to beryllium afloat with different vials and idiosyncratic doses of chartless liquid medicine and pills.”

Police said they aboriginal confirmed with the Nevada State Board of Pharmacy that astatine slightest 1 of the vials successful the drawer contained testosterone, which is simply a Schedule III controlled substance.

Ramirez, constabulary said, agreed to talk with investigators, telling them she’d been selling medicine for 3 months and that she antecedently worked arsenic a maid.

“She explained that she does not person immoderate ceremonial grooming oregon licensing but did enactment successful an chartless correspondence benignant people (provided by the Red Cross) erstwhile she lived successful Chihuahua, Mexico,” constabulary wrote. “She added she’s ever had an involvement successful medicine and was alert this benignant of ‘medicine practicing’ required school, licensing, etc.”

Police wrote that Ramirez acknowledged giving customers antibiotic injections and hormones to some men and women. Police said she charged $20 for each injection. Police did not accidental successful the study however she obtained the drugs.

A transgression ailment successful the lawsuit had not been filed arsenic of Tuesday morning.

Ramirez is scheduled for a tribunal quality successful Las Vegas Justice Court connected Sept. 7. Court records did not database an lawyer for her.

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