Chaby v. Commonwealth

Opinion by

Judge Crumlish, Jr.,

Robert Chaby (Appellant), an optometrist licensed by the State Board of Optometrical Examiners (Board), has appealed from the Board’s decision suspending his license for 30 days on the grounds of gross incompetency and misrepresentation in violation of Section 9 of the Act of March 30, 1917, P.L. 21, as amended, 63 P.S. §237, commonly known as the Optometry Act (Act).

The objectionable conduct giving rise to the issuance of a citation against Appellant concerned his alleged failure to treat properly two patients, Ms. Christine Lannutti and Mrs. Mavoureen Weiss,…