Weiner v. Board of Registration of Psychologists

The petitioner, a psychologist, appealed to a single justice of the Supreme Judicial Court pursuant to G. L. c. 112, § 64 (1992 ed.), from a decision of the Board of Registration of Psychologists (board), suspending his license to practice in Massachusetts for not less than two years. The board based its decision on the findings and conclusions of an administrative magistrate who determined that, in 1972, the petitioner acted improperly and with gross negligence when he permitted a patient under his care to serve as a sexual surrogate in order to treat another patient. The board found that a…