New York State Osteopathic Society, Inc. v. Allen

Chief Judge Fulo.

A number of New York physicians, who had originally received their medical education in osteopathic colleges, were subsequently awarded M.D. degrees by an institution in California. The State Department of Education has issued to these doctors licenses to practice medicine and surgery bearing the inscription “ D.O., M.D. ”, and the sole question presented on this appeal is whether the Department exceeded its authority when it placed such an inscription on their licenses.

Each of the physicians whose license inscription is challenged herein is a graduate of an approved…