Colorado State Board of Medical Examiners v. Palmer

We will refer to the plaintiffs in error as the board and to the defendant in error as Palmer.

Believing that the matter of Palmer’s fitness to continue in the practice of medicine should be inquired into by hearing, the board, on March 1, 1962, filed specifications of charges and sent by registered mail a notice advising Palmer that a hearing would be held on March 31, 1962. The letter was sent pursuant to C.R.S. ’53, 91-1-18 (1) (c), which provides for service by mail and specifies that a hearing may not be held sooner than 30 days from the date of the mailing.

On March 12, 1962, the…