Legal Opinion
Arthurs v. Board of Registration in Medicine
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided April 3, 1981PublishedCited by 102 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtAbrams, J.
The plaintiff Alexander T. Arthurs, a physician licensed by the Commonwealth, seeks judicial review of the decision of the Board of Registration in Medicine (board), revoking his license to practice medicine in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The board found that Arthurs prescribed controlled substances for other than a legitimate medical purpose, in violation of G. L. c. 94C, § 19 (a).
The plaintiff claims that (1) the board’s decision is unsupported by substantial evidence; (2) the board erred by basing its decision on one of its adjudicatory opinions decided after Arthurs’s conduct had…
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