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LEVY v. BOARD OF REGISTRATION & DISCIPLINE IN MEDICINE

378 Mass. 519 (1979)

392 N.E.2d 1036

DAVID A. LEVY vs. BOARD OF REGISTRATION AND DISCIPLINE IN MEDICINE.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

July 27, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roger S. Davis for the plaintiff.

Paul W. Johnson, Assistant Attorney General (Garrick F. Cole, Assistant Attorney General, with him) for the defendant.

Present: HENNESSEY, C.J., QUIRICO, KAPLAN, LIACOS, & ABRAMS, JJ.

ABRAMS, J.

A single justice of this court reserved and reported the issue raised by the plaintiff's action: whether the conviction of a physician for serious criminal offenses may result in the revocation or suspension of a medical practitioner's license. We hold that (1) the Board of Registration and Discipline in Medicine (Board) has jurisdiction to promulgate a rule making conviction of a crime a ground for discipline; (2) Levy's crimes are closely related to the...

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