A medical doctor who had his license temporarily suspended after prescribing marijuana to a pregnant woman should have his license reinstated because he doesn’t pose a threat to “public health, safety or welfare,” according to a magistrate’s decision.

The Board of Registration in Medicine suspended the medical license of Dr. Tyrone Cushing after he “improperly certified the medical use of marijuana for a pregnant patient,” according to a press release issued last June.

But last month, a magistrate for the Division of Administrative Law Appeals recommended overturning that order, finding that Cushing didn’t violate the state’s medical marijuana law or any other regulations.

Cushing’s issuance of a medical marijuana certificate “whether or not she was pregnant, did not violate the statute or regulations,” administrative magistrate Kenneth Bresler wrote in a decision that was made public Monday.

“Dr. Cushing’s issuance of the certificate was reasonable under the circumstances and met the standard of care,” it read.

The pregnant woman came to Cushing for a medical marijuana certificate in 2013 after suffering from untreatable back pain for three years, according to the decision. She told Cushing she had been addicted to opioids, was in a drug rehabilitation program and was getting marijuana illegally, the decision states.

Cushing, who was working at Canna­Med in Framingham at the time, told the patient about the potential effects of marijuana on the fetus. According to transcripts from the administrative appeal, there were concerns the woman would return to opioids.

“Dr. Cushing decided it was better” for the patient to buy medical marijuana “than illegal marijuana, which has pesticide residue,” Bresler wrote. “He decided that the benefits of medical marijuana … were greater than the risks.”

The board argued that issuing the certificate to a pregnant woman made him an “immediate and serious threat” to public safety. As of June 1, 2016, Cushing had issued 4,649 medical marijuana certificates — the third-highest in Massachusetts and a number that the board pointed to in its argument to strip his license.

But Bresler ruled that “doctors generally cannot be disciplined for the simple act of issuing a medical marijuana certificate while complying with the statute and regulations under it.”

In a statement last night, the board said it “will review the Recommended Decision and will make a decision that’s in the best interest for patients.”

Cushing, reached by phone yesterday, said: “Anything you need to know should come from my attorneys.” Megan Grew Pimentel and Brooks Glahn, attorneys listed for Cushing, didn’t respond to multiple requests for comment over two days.

An employee for Canna­Med said he was relieved about the decision and that the company would officially respond later, but it didn’t respond to calls, emails or social media messages yesterday.

Bresler, as part of his decision, credited the testimony of experts brought forward by Cushing’s attorneys.

“Almost everything that could have been done to treat (the patient’s) pain had been done before she conferred with Dr. Cushing,” he wrote. She “had no options to treat her pain other than medical marijuana.”