The former medical director of an Ames health spa is facing sanctions from a second state licensing board.
In January 2025, the Iowa Board of Pharmacy charged advanced registered nurse practitioner Antoinette Thompson of Pleasant Hill with failing to maintain a separate registration for each business that makes use of controlled substances; committing acts that would render her Controlled Substances Act registration inconsistent with the public interest; obtaining, possessing or administering controlled substances without lawful authority; distribution of drugs for illegal purposes; failing to comply with federal laws and regulations related to the storage of controlled substances, and failing to immediately notify the board of any theft or significant losses.
Court records indicate Thompson served as the medical director and nurse for the Live Hydration Spa in Ames until she was terminated when the business closed in September 2024.
The Board of Pharmacy alleged its charges were based on complaints that Thompson had prescribed controlled substances using the wrong CSA registration, used a CSA registration to a specific business after she had left employment there, and had written prescriptions for patients by providing her own phone number and address as that of the patients.
The board also alleged, without explaining or elaborating, that Thompson “filled prescriptions under patients’ names for which were subsequently used as office stock supply to be used for other patients.”
To resolve the matter, Thompson and the board recently agreed to a settlement that calls for the indefinite suspension of her CSA registration.
Board of Nursing also took action
In 2025, the Iowa Board of Nursing charged Thompson with failing to evaluate, document or report the status of a patient; committing an act that might adversely affect a patient’s welfare; misappropriating medications or supplies of a patient; being involved in the unauthorized manufacture or distribution of a controlled substance; prescribing, dispensing or distributing drugs in an unsafe manner; prescribing, dispensing or distributing drugs without accurately documenting the act or without evaluating the patient; willful or repeated failure to practice nursing with reasonable skill and safety, and failure to query and reviewing the Prescription Monitoring Program database prior to prescribing or dispensing of an opioid.
In April 2026, the Board of Nursing and Thompson agreed to a settlement that has resulted in the suspension of her nursing license for a minimum of one year.
According to a civil-court filings by Live Hydration, Thompson’s termination was based on her “actions resulting in imminent danger to patient health and safety.” The company also alleged Thompson violated her franchise agreement with Live Hydration by opening a competing business that offered IV vitamin therapy, injections, hormone replacement therapy and Botox treatments.
Thompson denied all of the company’s allegations, and is currently suing Live Hydration for breach of contract and defamation, alleging the company tried to “starve” her franchise and mount a hostile takeover of the Ames location — charges the company denies.
A trial is scheduled for Dec. 15, 2026.
