A physician accused of sexually assaulting a patient at Baptist Health Medical Center-Conway has opted to surrender his license, according to the Arkansas State Medical Board.

Guy Peeples, 65, of Vilonia was arrested and booked into the Faulkner County jail Tuesday after he was sought on a rape charge following his interaction with a 70-year-old woman recovering from hernia surgery on Nov. 10.

The Medical Board had called a special meeting "regarding a physician" scheduled for Thursday, with Peeples' case being the only item on the agenda, but the session was later canceled.

"(Peeples) has surrendered his license and therefore no longer has an active medical license in Arkansas," read an announcement published Thursday on the panel's website. "No action needs to be taken by the Board re

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