Roy v. Tennessee Board of Medical Examiners

OPINION

FRANK G. CLEMENT, JR., J.,

delivered the opinion of the court,

in which PATRICIA J. COTTRELL, P.J., M.S., and RICHARD H. DINKINS, J., joined.

A physician appeals the decision of the Board of Medical Examiners to revoke his medical license based upon findings that he prescribed narcotics or controlled drugs without proper documentation and without appropriate clinical indications. In his petition for judicial review, the physician contends the Board violated his due process rights by admitting into evidence the deposition of the Department of Health’s only expert witness, whose testimony…