Topeka ? A doctor whose Kansas City, Kan., clinic has been the focus of a legislative debate over new rules for abortion will learn April 23 whether he’ll lose his medical license.

The State Board of Healing Arts suspended the license of Dr. Krishna Rajanna two weeks ago, and a hearing officer issued an order last week to revoke his license, citing “unprofessional conduct” that is “likely to harm the public.” However, the board must approve the revocation.

An inspector testified at a hearing on Rajanna’s case that he saw a dead mouse in the clinic’s hallway and that the clinic wasn’t clean. The inspector also said Rajanna premixed syringes of medications and stored them in an unlocked refrigerator.

Rajanna was not available at his clinic Thursday, and there was no answer at his Kansas City, Mo., home telephone. He has said conditions inside his clinic have been misrepresented.

But in her order seeking the revocation of Rajanna’s license, hearing officer Nancy Welsh, a Topeka-area physician and a board member, said the inspector presented convincing evidence of problems at the clinic. Welsh also concluded that Rajanna’s handling of medications violated state and federal law.

Legislators have approved a bill sought by abortion opponents to require abortion clinics to obtain an annual license from the Department of Health and Environment. The measure also would set health and safety standards.

Gov. Kathleen Sebelius, an abortion rights supporter, vetoed a similar bill in 2003. She has said she would sign legislation dealing with all surgeries that occur under anesthesia in doctor’s offices and clinics, rather than only abortions.