Ohio State Medical Board v. Curtwright

This cause came on to be heard upon an appeal from the Court of Common Pleas of Clermont County.

In 1983, plaintiff-appellee, the State Medical Board, began investigating the. prescribing practices of Dr. Lewis K. Curtwright, D.O., defendant-appellant. As a result of the investigation, appellee charged appellant with inappropriately prescribing certain drugs, overprescribing addictive drugs, and prescribing habit-forming drugs for excessive time periods. After a formal adjudicatory hearing, appellant was found to have violated R.C. 4731.22(B)(2), (3), and (6).

Based on these findings, on August…