People v. Roos

The defendant, Susan Roos, an acupuncturist, was charged with practicing medicine without a license. The defendant moved to dismiss the complaint on the ground that the Medical Practice Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1985, ch. 111, par. 4401 et seq.) is unconstitutional as applied, to the practice of acupuncture. The circuit court of Lake County agreed, and granted the motion to dismiss. A direct appeal to this court was taken pursuant to Ride 302(a) (107 Ill. 2d R. 302(a)).

On August 30, 1985, a two-count misdemeanor complaint was filed in the circuit court of Lake County charging the defendant with…