Finucan v. Maryland State Board of Physician Quality Assurance

This case presents the question whether the Board of Physician Quality Assurance (“the Board”) could reasonably conclude that a physician’s having consensual sexual relations with adult patients, at times and locations other than those involving the immediate act of diagnosis or treatment, is “immoral or unprofessional conduct in the practice of medicine” within the meaning of Maryland Code (1981, 2000 Repl. VoL), § 14-404(a)(3) of the Health Occupations Article. We hold that the Board could so conclude.

FACTS AND PROCEEDINGS

Appellant, Thomas E. Finucan, Jr., M.D., is a physician who from 1985…