Hickman v. Commissioner of Human Services

SPECIAL TERM OPINION

TOUSSAINT, Chief Judge.

FACTS

Relator Henry Hickman is a chemical-dependency counselor. Progress Valley, Inc. and My Home, Inc. submitted relator’s background-study forms to the Commissioner of the Minnesota Department of Human Services (commissioner) for review. By letters dated October 24, 2003, and November 18, 2003, the Department of Human Services Licensing Division notified relator that, due to relator’s 2003 conviction for attempt to coerce and relator’s 1990 conviction for two counts of theft, relator is disqualified from providing direct-contact services for…