CLOVIS, N.M. (AP) - Authorities say a Clovis woman has been arrested for allegedly practicing medicine without a license.
Prosecutors say 56-year-old Annette Ternes was taken into custody after an investigation by the Ninth Judicial District Attorney’s Office, the New Mexico Attorney General’s Office, the state Board of Nursing and the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration.
They say Ternes owned a Clovis clinic where she represented herself to be a licensed nurse practitioner.
She’s been charged with 224 felony counts for practicing medicine without a license, identity theft, forgery and controlled substances act violation.
The alleged crimes occurred from March to September in 2015. .
Authorities say Ternes has bonded out of jail. She’s scheduled to be arraigned in Magistrate Court within two weeks.
It’s unclear if Ternes has an attorney for her case.
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