Leu v. Department of Registration & Education

Petitioner-appellant, Dr. Payming Leu,, was granted a license in 1970 to practice medicine in the State of Illinois. In 1974, petitioner was convicted in Federal court of 19 counts of improperly dispensing controlled substances and sentenced to 5 years’ imprisonment. On or about May 13, 1975, while petitioner was serving his sentence, the Department of Registration and Education (hereinafter the Department), revoked his medical license based on the fact that he had been convicted of a felony. Ill. Rev. Stat. 1977, ch. 111, par. 4433(2).

Petitioner was paroled from prison in February 1976 and…