Rotoli v. New York State Department of Health

Proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78 (transferred to this court by order of the Supreme Court at Special Term, entered in Albany County) to review a determination of the New York State Commissioner of Health, which, inter alia, imposed a $5,000 penalty upon petitioner and revoked petitioner’s right to use official New York State prescription forms. Petitioner, a duly licensed physician with offices located in Rochester, New York, has been practicing medicine since 1938. On November 15, 1976, petitioner was served with a notice of hearing and statement of charges alleging that petitioner…