Legal Opinion
Leigh v. Board of Registration in Nursing
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided April 8, 1987PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtNolan, J.
This case is here for the second time. In Leigh v. Board of Registration in Nursing (Leigh I), 395 Mass. 670, 685 (1985), we remanded the case to the Board of Registration in Nursing (board) to reconsider its decision suspending Leigh’s license to practice as a registered nurse. On remand, the board again suspended Leigh for practicing midwifery in violation of G. L. c. 112, § 80C (1984 ed.), and the board’s regulations promulgated thereunder at 244 Code Mass. Regs. §§ 4.00 et seq. (1980). The board concluded that the violations constituted “gross misconduct in the practice of nursing.” Leigh…
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