Cohen v. New York State Workers' Compensation Board

Appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court (Gilpatric, J.), entered September 27, 2013 in Albany County, which dismissed petitioner’s application, in a proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78, to review a determination of respondent denying petitioner’s request to be authorized as a workers’ compensation health care provider.

Petitioner, a licensed doctor of osteopathy, applied to respondent in January 2013 for authorization to provide medical care to injured workers pursuant to Workers’ Compensation Law § 13-b. By correspondence in February 2013, respondent disapproved petitioner’s…