newhavenindependent.org on May 17, 2011 reported that in a controversial move, state officials are allowing a Greenwich physician who is registered as a sex offender to resume his medical practice in Connecticut. In a recent decision, the Connecticut Medical Examining Board, an arm of the Department of Public Health, voted to allow Clifford Berken of Stamford to resume practicing medicine in the state, under certain conditions. Berken is a registered sex offender in Connecticut and New York, following his arrest and sentencing in New York State on a first-degree charge of attempting to disseminate indecent material to a minor. The medical board, in allowing Berken to resume practicing, placed his license on probation for five years, required him to be overseen by a psychiatrist or psychologist, and barred him from treating patients under the age of 18.

The original article can be found at newhavenindependent.org