Bruni v. Department of Registration & Education

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE STAMOS

dissenting:

I respectfully dissent from the majority opinion. As I interpret that opinion, it is premised solely upon the assumption that the 1967 amendment to Section 16a (2) of the Medical Practice Act manifested a legislative intent to “make explicit” and “make clear” the terms of that statute. This is an assumption without foundation in fact or in law.

No committee comments accompany the 1967 amendment. We are unaware of the content of any debates which may have preceded its passage. Prior to 1967 no Illinois court had interpreted the phrase “conviction of a…