Last v. Virginia State Board of Medicine

By JUDGE PAUL F. SHERIDAN

This matter came before the court on plaintiff’s Petition for Appeal and defendant’s Motion to Dismiss.

Plaintiff, Joel I. Last, M.D., is a physician licensed to practice medicine in Pennsylvania and the District of Columbia, who appeals the decision of the defendant, Virginia State Board of Medicine, denying plaintiff’s application for a license to practice medicine in the Commonwealth of Virginia. Plaintiff’s appeal grounds include claims that (1) defendant ("the Board") wrongly interpreted and applied the 1988 amendment to Virginia Code Section 54.1-2930(4); and (2)…