LEWISTON – A state board has pulled the license of a physician’s assistant from Litchfield who has been accused of selling illegal drugs and spying on patients and tenants.

A consent agreement signed this week revokes Richard Brackett’s license and bars him from ever applying for another license in Maine. Other states were notified of the board’s action, said Randal Manning, director of the Maine Board of Licensure in Medicine.

Brackett, 63, has pleaded not guilty in Lincoln County Superior Court in Wiscasset to the four felony and five misdemeanor charges. He is seeking a jury trial, said his lawyer, David Van Dyke of Lewiston.

“He vigorously denies the allegations and intends to defend the case aggressively,” Van Dyke said Thursday.

A grand jury indicted Brackett on:

• two counts of unlawful trafficking in scheduled drugs;

• unlawful furnishing of scheduled drugs;

• theft by deception;

• four counts of violation of privacy; and

• engaging a prostitute.

The three drug charges involve Vicodin, a narcotic painkiller, according to Assistant Attorney General Marci Alexander, director of the Health Care Crimes Unit, who provided details from the indictment.

Brackett also is accused of hiding a video camera in a clock radio found in a bathroom at 133 Townsend Ave., Boothbay Harbor, the address of the Urgent Care & Medical Walk-in Clinic. According to media accounts, Brackett owned the clinic from 1966 to 1999, then sold it. He continued to see patients there. After 2001, he began operating the clinic full time again. The surveillance occurred between April and July, the indictment said.

Three of the privacy charges involve the same type of camera installation in three apartments in the same building as the clinic, according to the indictment.

The theft charge stems from allegedly false claims Brackett submitted to MaineCare totaling more than $1,000 during the course of a year.

Van Dyke said his client was a “highly decorated” war veteran who served in Vietnam as a medic. Brackett told Van Dyke he was a member of the U.S. Army Delta Special Forces, an elite fighting unit.

Manning said he didn’t know whether Brackett was licensed to practice medicine in any other states. The board’s action only affects his ability to hold a license in Maine. Brackett’s revocation is reported to all other states through several national data banks, Manning said.

Brackett’s license had been summarily suspended in July after he was charged with drug trafficking. Suspension is a rare action taken by the board “for only truly dangerous behavior,” Manning said.

The board drafted a consent agreement that permanently revokes Brackett’s medical license in Maine. Brackett signed the agreement in late July. The board signed on earlier this week.

If Brackett had not signed the agreement, Manning said Thursday night, the board would have continued an investigation it had begun against him, and he could have been required to appear at a public hearing to keep his license.