CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- A Mingo County doctor accused of soliciting sex for her sons from a teenage patient 12 years ago has been fined $1,000 and put on probation for five years.

Dr. Katherine A. Hoover, who lives in Lost Creek and has a pain management practice in Williamson, also must work under a supervisory physician while on probation, and she won't be allowed to examine patients younger than 18 without a chaperone present, according to an order from the state Board of Medicine released last week.

The board found that Hoover engaged in "unprofessional, unethical and dishonorable conduct" when she allegedly asked a 17-year-old patient whether she or her "cute" girlfriends would come to Hoover's home and have sex with her teenage sons, according to the order.

Hoover acknowledged she discussed her sons with the girl, wrote down their names and ages on a prescription pad, and drew a map to her house, the order said.

But the doctor denied telling the 17-year-old she wanted her to have sex with her boys, according to the medical board.

Hoover did not return phone calls left at her office last week and Monday. Her probation starts Oct. 6.

After the female patient allegedly told Hoover she was having sexual problems, Hoover told her "not to worry, demonstrated with her fingers different sexual positions that Hoover and her husband liked," and recommended that the girl read the book, "ESO: Extended Sexual Orgasm," the medical board alleged.

According to the board's order, Hoover admitted she suggested the sex book.

The medical board had pursued disciplinary action against Hoover since 1996, after the teenage patient's mother filed a complaint. At the time, Hoover worked at the Myers Clinic in Philippi.

CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- A Mingo County doctor accused of soliciting sex for her sons from a teenage patient 12 years ago has been fined $1,000 and put on probation for five years.

Dr. Katherine A. Hoover, who lives in Lost Creek and has a pain management practice in Williamson, also must work under a supervisory physician while on probation, and she won't be allowed to examine patients younger than 18 without a chaperone present, according to an order from the state Board of Medicine released last week.

The board found that Hoover engaged in "unprofessional, unethical and dishonorable conduct" when she allegedly asked a 17-year-old patient whether she or her "cute" girlfriends would come to Hoover's home and have sex with her teenage sons, according to the order.

Hoover acknowledged she discussed her sons with the girl, wrote down their names and ages on a prescription pad, and drew a map to her house, the order said.

But the doctor denied telling the 17-year-old she wanted her to have sex with her boys, according to the medical board.

Hoover did not return phone calls left at her office last week and Monday. Her probation starts Oct. 6.

After the female patient allegedly told Hoover she was having sexual problems, Hoover told her "not to worry, demonstrated with her fingers different sexual positions that Hoover and her husband liked," and recommended that the girl read the book, "ESO: Extended Sexual Orgasm," the medical board alleged.

According to the board's order, Hoover admitted she suggested the sex book.

The medical board had pursued disciplinary action against Hoover since 1996, after the teenage patient's mother filed a complaint. At the time, Hoover worked at the Myers Clinic in Philippi.

The patient, who was seeking gynecological care, alleged that Hoover gave her a phone number and drew a map to her house on a prescription pad.

In 2001, the Board of Medicine attempted to revoke Hoover's license to practice, but Hoover blocked the order.

A year later, a circuit judge reversed the medical board's decision, ruling that a board secretary improperly signed the names of Board of Medicine executives on the complaint against Hoover. The state Supreme Court upheld the judge's ruling.

In 2004, the medical board decided to retry the case against Hoover.

During the past 12 years, Hoover has filed numerous lawsuits against medical board members, staff, hearing examiners and others, according to the board's order.

The order requires Hoover to pay the costs of the investigation and prosecution of the case.

In other actions this month, the medical board publicly reprimanded a Morgantown doctor after he performed a pain treatment procedure - called a radiofrequency ablation - in the wrong location on a patient's body last year.

Dr. Richard Martin Vaglienti, an anesthesiologist who works for University Health Associates Pain Clinic at West Virginia University, acknowledged the mistake and "has taken actions to prevent such an occurrence from happening in the future," according to a consent order filed by the medical board.

Reach Eric Eyre at erice...@wvgazette.com or 348-4869.