ST. LOUIS A St. Louis County doctor who pleaded guilty last year to a federal felony, and admitted he illegally sold misbranded human growth hormone to patients, is licensed to practice medicine medicine again.

Dr. Michael Ted Mimlitz, 51, was sentenced in April 2016 to two years of probation and fined $30,000 for selling misbranded human growth hormone to local clinic patients, prosecutors said. He also had to forfeit $59,500, representing some of the proceeds from the sale of the drug.

Mimlitz went just 3 1/2 months without a medical license. The Missouri Board of Registration for the Healing Arts revoked his medical license in November. But he had already applied for a new license in October. The board granted a new license on March 2.

The license is on probation for two years. Within the first six months, he must successfully complete board-approved courses in ethics and prescribing. He could not immediately be reached for comment.

Mimlitz admitted in U.S. District Court that he become involved in the Men's Medical Institute after identifying a need for a clinic specializing in testosterone replacement therapy for men.

Patients began asking for human growth hormone, he said, and he found a Mexican supplier online after being unable to find it in the U.S. He sold the misbranded drugs to about 40 patients.

The drugs were misbranded, contained labels in Spanish, not English, and were not manufactured by a facility licensed or registered by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, according to court testimony.

Prosecutors pointed out in a statement announcing the plea that doctors can prescribe HGH for a handful of reasons, including wasting diseases associated with AIDS or Prader-Willi syndrome, but not to help patients with body-building, anti-aging, or weight loss treatments.

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