Maryland State Board of Physicians v. Eist

JOHN C. ELDRIDGE (Retired, Specially Assigned), J.

This is an action under the judicial review section of the Maryland Administrative Procedure Act1 to review a reprimand and fine, imposed on a licensed physician by the Maryland State Board of Physicians, based upon the Board’s conclusion that the physician had failed to cooperate with a lawful investigation conducted by the Board.2 The basis for the Board’s conclusion was the failure by the physician, respondent Dr. Harold I. Eist, to obey, timely, a subpoena for the production of certain patients’ medical records in his possession. The…