Colorado State Board of Medical Examiners v. Reiner

Opinion by

Judge HUME.

Respondent, Michael D. Reiner, M.D., appeals a final order of the Colorado State Board of Medical Examiners (the Board) that suspended his license to practice medicine as a disciplinary sanction pursuant to § 12-36-118, C.R.S. (1985 Repl.Vol. 5). We affirm.

I

Respondent contends that the Board erred in rejecting the sanction recommended by the administrative law judge (AU) for two years of probation and in imposing instead the harsher sanction of suspension for eighteen months. We perceive no error.

Under § 12-36-118(5)(g)(III), C.R.S. (1985 Repl.Vol 5), the responsibility…