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SC BD. OF MED. EXAMINERS v. HEDGEPATH

No. 24565.

325 S.C. 166 (1997)

480 S.E.2d 724

SOUTH CAROLINA STATE BOARD OF MEDICAL EXAMINERS, Appellant, v. Larry L. HEDGEPATH, M.D., Respondent.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Decided January 27, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Deputy General Counsel Richard P. Wilson, Staff Counsel John A. Birgerson, South Carolina Department of Labor, Licensing & Regulation, Columbia, for appellant.

Weldon R. Johnson and R. Lewis Johnson, Barnes, Alford, Stork & Johnson, Columbia, for respondent.

FINNEY, Chief Justice.

This is a medical disciplinary case. The circuit court held a South Carolina physician had no ethical duty to maintain his patients' confidences, and therefore reversed the decision of the Board of Medical Examiners (Board). The Board found respondent committed misconduct in breaching this duty, and imposed a public reprimand upon him. We reverse the circuit court's order, and reinstate the Board's decision.

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