Cantrell v. State Board of Registration for the Healing Arts

I respectfully dissent. The majority contends the State Board of Registration for the Healing Arts “exercised unautho*829rized discretion in staying its revocation of Cantrell’s license.” In support of this argument, the majority relies upon statutory language that the license be “automatically revoked” and contends, “we interpret ‘automatically’ to mean that the General Assembly was restricting the board’s discretion.” Therefore, “the board’s only determination was whether Cantrell was convicted of a felony that reasonably related to the qualifications, functions or duties of a physician.” 1…