Somberg v. Sobol

Proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78 (initiated in this court pursuant to Education Law § 6510-a [4]) to review a determination of respondent Commissioner of Education which, inter alia, suspended petitioner’s license to practice medicine in New York for one year.

On June 15, 1989, petitioner, a licensed physician, was charged by the State Board for Professional Medical Conduct (hereinafter State Board) with practicing medicine fraudulently (Education Law § 6509 [2]) and with committing unprofessional conduct by willfully making and filing a false report (Education Law § 6509 [1]). These…