Appeal of Murphy

This is an appeal under RSA 541:6 from a decision of the Governor and Council to remove Thomas E. Murphy (the defendant) from the New Hampshire Board of Chiropractic Examiners on the ground that he awarded unearned points to three applicants who took the May 1979 licensing examination. We affirm.

The New Hampshire Board of Chiropractic Examiners (the board) conducted a licensing examination on May 16 and 17, 1979. The test was composed of questions drawn randomly from a pool of questions the board members had researched and prepared. On March 15, March 22, April 5, and April 12, 1979, the…