Wingate v. South Carolina State Highway Department

Harwell, Justice:

The South Carolina State Highway Department appeals the decision of the trial court judge ordering the Department to restore the suspended license of respondent Jesse R. Win-gate. We reverse.

Acting upon a report submitted by one of its patrolmen who had observed the respondent, the Department, pursuant to Sectiton 56-1-270 of the Code of Laws of South Carolina (1976), required Wingate to submit to a driver’s re-examination as well as furnish certificates from his physician and optometrist certifying his physical capacity to operate a mo*40tor vehicle. The physician and…