Boggs v. State Board of Medical Examiners

Harwell, Justice:

In this medical disciplinary matter, the circuit court reversed the decision of the State Board of Medical Examiners (Board). The Board contends that the lower court exceeded its scope of review under the Administrative Procedure Act in reversing its decision. We agree and reverse.

The Board filed a complaint charging the respondent doctor with signing and issuing blank prescription documents on two occasions. One prescription pad was found prior to April 20, 1982 in the lab coat of a nurse-midwife who assisted the doctor in his obstetrical practice. A second pad was found in…