Murphy v. Oregon Medical Board

Petitioner seeks judicial review of a final order of the Oregon Medical Board (the board) that imposed on petitioner a reprimand, fine, and costs of the proceeding for engaging in “[unprofessional or dishonorable conduct.” ORS 677.190(l)(a). The board disciplined petitioner based on its conclusion that petitioner’s conduct of drinking one or two glasses of wine with dinner while on call as a cardiac anesthesiologist violated an established community standard of ethics that cardiac anesthesiologists not consume any alcohol while on call. The hospital for which petitioner was on call also had a…