Legal Opinion
John P. v. Axelrod
New York Court of Appeals
Decided February 28, 1984PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Memorandum.
The order of the Appellate Division should be affirmed, without costs.
*892The Commissioner of Health was authorized by subdivision 12 of section 230 of the Public Health Law to suspend petitioner summarily from the further practice of ophthalmology for a period of 60 days pending hearings in the related disciplinary matter (Matter of Wootan v Axelrod, 60 NY2d 353). We agree with the Appellate Division that the commissioner was justified in concluding, in fhe circumstances of this case, that petitioner’s practice posed an imminent danger to the public health. Nor was…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Wootan v. AxelrodNew York Court of Appeals · 1983
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