Pennsylvania Medical Society v. Commonwealth

Opinion by

Judge MacPhail,

Petitioners, Pennsylvania Medical Society and Pennsylvania Osteopathic Medical Association, have filed motions for summary judgment with regard to petitions for review requesting injunctive and declaratory relief filed against the State Board of Medicine and the State Board of Osteopathic Medicine (Boards).1

The Boards in January of 1987 adopted regulations governing the use of amphetamine and amphetamine-like drugs known as “sympathomimetic amines” (amines). The regulations2 cover three distinct areas: weight control limitations, a waiver procedure, and record access…