Texas Medical Board places restrictions on Dr. Klem's license

The Texas Medical Board is allowing a cardiologist to keep his license but has placed him under a number of restrictions following his plea stemming from allegations of child indecency in Beaumont and Houston. 

Dr. Klem was accused of child molestation in Jefferson and Harris Counties.  In August of 2007, he pleaded guilty to three charges of Injury to a Child in Jefferson County. A judge sentenced him to ten years probation and six months in jail.

In March of 2009, a Harris County judge sentenced him to five years deferred adjudication on each of two charges of Injury to a Child.

He didn't have to register as a sex offender.

From Texas Medical Board -

Klem, Jeffrey, M.D., Lic. #L2379, Beaumont TX

On August 21, 2009, the Board and Dr. Klem entered a 15-year agreed order of public reprimand in which Dr. Klem’s license was suspended, the suspension was stayed and Dr. Klem was placed under the following conditions: Dr. Klem may not have direct or indirect contact with patients under the age of 21; when treating patients 21 and older, Dr. Klem must have a chaperone present; he must practice in a group or institutional setting; within 30 days he must submit names of treating psychiatrists to be approved for care and treatment, and within 30 days of approval must begin care and treatment with a psychiatrist and follow the psychiatrist’s recommendations; within one year he must take and pass the Texas Medical Jurisprudence Examination; within one year he must complete the professional boundaries course offered by Vanderbilt Medical Center for Professional Health or the similar course offered by the University of California San Diego Physician Assessment and Clinical Education (PACE); he must present copies of the order to his probation officers in Harris and Jefferson Counties and present his probation orders to his TMB compliance officer; and within 90 days he must pay an administrative penalty of $5,000. The action was based on Dr. Klem’s guilty plea in Beaumont to injury to a child based on three allegations of unwanted sexual contact with a minor child, for which he served six months in Jefferson County Jail, and his guilty plea of injury to a child, a third-degree felony, in 176^th District Court in Harris County.