State Board of Physicians v. Rudman

KRAUSER, Chief Judge.

The Maryland State Board of Physicians (the “Board”), appellant, revoked the medical license of Michael S. Rudman, M.D., appellee, after he entered an Alford plea to second-degree assault, which, given the nature and circumstances of the assault, the Board determined to be a crime of moral turpitude. The Circuit Court for Frederick County vacated the Board’s revocation order, declaring that the Board erred in making that finding because, in its view, the facts of the assault were in dispute and thus required a hearing. This appeal followed.

The Board presents four issues…