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OLMSTEAD v. DEP'T OF HEALTH

No. 25258-5-I.

61 Wn. App. 888 (1991)

812 P.2d 527

STEPHEN F. OLMSTEAD, Appellant, v. THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, MEDICAL SECTION, Respondent.

The Court of Appeals of Washington, Division One.

As amended by order August 29, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lawrence R. Mills, for appellant.

Kenneth O. Eikenberry, Attorney General, and Beverly Norwood Goetz, Assistant, for respondent.

[As amended by order of the Court of Appeals August 29, 1991.]

BAKER, J.

Stephen F. Olmstead, M.D., appeals the decision of the Washington Medical Disciplinary Board (the Board) to suspend his license to practice medicine. We reverse.

Dr. Olmstead is a skilled and respected cardiologist. In 1987 he began to use morphine, which he obtained at the University of Washington Medical Center by exchanging tubexes containing saline for those containing morphine...

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