The state board that oversees Maryland doctors has suspended the license of Miguel Frontera, a Towson psychiatrist, for alleged improper conduct with five boys he was treating for behavioral issues between 2000 and 2009.

The doctor has not been charged criminally, but for now he cannot see patients. He faces a hearing Nov. 18 and can appeal the suspension.

Allegations from each of the boys, ages 10 to 12 at the time they were patients, were similar and all involved improper conduct during physical exams in his office that the doctor himself called "not, you know, necessary" and "very out of the mainstream of psychiatry," according to the suspension order issued by the Maryland Board of Physicians.

The public order says the investigation began after Baltimore County police turned over two reports in April. One report was filed in 2006 by a county high school crisis interventionist who said a boy she counseled told her he was repeatedly "molested" during treatment visits when he was 11 or 12. Earlier this year, the parents of another boy reported to police possible sexual abuse that they said occurred in 2003 when their son was 10.