Chidichimo v. State Education Department

Proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78 (initiated in this Court pursuant to Education Law § 6510 [5]) to review a determination of respondent Board of Regents which suspended petitioner’s license to practice physical therapy in New York for one year.

Petitioner, a physical therapist, was charged by respondent *1011State Education Department’s Office of Professional Discipline with several instances of unprofessional conduct involving two female patients. The charges alleged that petitioner had abused two female patients by, inter alia, inappropriately fondling their breasts. Following a hearing,…