Legal Opinion

DeMarco v. Department of Health

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania

Decided February 5, 1979No. Appeal, 470 C.D. 1978PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Judge Rogers,

Peter T. DeMarco, M.D. has filed a petition for review of an order of a hearing examiner appointed by the Secretary of Health which directed the destruction of Dr. DeMarco’s supplies of a drug called ProcainePolyvinylpyrrolidone (Procaine-PYP), which he had manufactured and which the Department of Health had embargoed, and which further directed Dr. DeMarco to cease administering or selling Procaine-PYP.

On January 19,1978 the Secretary of Health issued an order pursuant to the claimed authority of Section 27 of The Controlled Substance, Drug, Device and Cosmetic Act…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Green v. Milk Control CommissionSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1940
  2. Day v. Public Service CommissionSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1933
  3. Bovino v. Board of School DirectorsCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1977

3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Judge v. Allentown & Sacred Heart Hospital CenterSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1985
  2. Commonwealth v. BoydSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1983
  3. Judge v. Allentown & Sacred Heart Hospital CenterCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1983
  4. Pennsylvania Medical Society v. CommonwealthCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1988
  5. Deoria v. State Athletic CommissionCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2008

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