Wizes v. Board of Regents

Proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78 (initiated in this Court pursuant to Education Law § 6510 [5]) to review a determination of respondent Board of Regents which revoked petitioner’s license to practice dentistry in New York.

Petitioner, a dentist licensed to practice in New York, was charged with 11 specifications of unprofessional conduct by the State Education Department Office of Professional Discipline, the majority of which involved the alleged harassment, intimidation and sexual abuse of four infant female patients. Following *903six days of evidentiary hearings, the State Board of…