Glowacki v. State Board of Medical Examiners

HARRIS, Justice.

This is a constitutional challenge to a special statute that prohibits courts from entering stays of disciplinary orders of the board of medical examiners. The challenged statute prohibits, in the case of physicians, a widespread practice by which courts often order the withholding of the effect of a challenged administrative decision while it is being reviewed. Three grounds are urged as bases for the challenge, only two of which were preserved for review. The other ground, a claim that the statute violates the separation of powers doctrine, was not urged in district court…