Suits v. Idaho Board of Professional Discipline

TROUT, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal from a disciplinary order issued by the Idaho State Board of Medicine (“Board”) against Dr. Charles Suits. 1 The order revoked Dr. Suits’s Idaho license to practice osteopathic medicine and surgery with a provision he could not reapply for an Idaho license for five years. Because the facts support the Board’s order, the district court judgment upholding the Board’s decision is affirmed.

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FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

In early 1996, Dr. Suits was separated from his wife and hired a woman (“K.B.”) to help care for his children and pay bills. Dr. Suits…