Reid v. Axelrod

Proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78 (transferred to this court by order of the Supreme Court at Special Term, entered in Albany County) to review a determination of the Commissioner of Health which imposed a $6,000 penalty upon petitioner and withheld his right to the issuance of official State prescriptions. Petitioner, a physician, was charged with violating section 3304, subdivision 1 of section 3332, section 3397 (subd 1, par [a], cl [i]) and section 3397 (subd 1, par [d]) of the Public Health Law. He was subsequently charged with: (1) issuing prescriptions for dexedrine in quantities…