Stein v. Sobol

Proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78 (initiated in this court pursuant to Education Law § 6510 [5]) to review a determination of respondent which, inter alia, suspended petitioner’s license to practice psychology in New York for two years.

Petitioner, a licensed psychologist, was found guilty of unprofessional conduct in willfully abusing patients (8 NYCRR 29.2 [a] [2]) in an incident occurring on April 16, 1985 involving a female patient in her early 30s who had sought help with her personal life and relationships. Petitioner had consulted with the patient’s parents twice in early 1984 as…