Shaddy v. State of Vermont Office of Professional Regulation

¶ 1. This is an interlocutory appeal from a decision of the superior court, on appeal from a decision of an appellate officer, remanding this disciplinary case to the Board of Nursing to determine whether the Board intends that the case be continued. The central question is whether an attorney for the Office of Professional Regulation (OPR) within the office of the Vermont Secretary of State has the power to appeal from a Board of Nursing decision vacating an earlier consent order suspending from practice appellee, David Shaddy. We conclude that the attorney had this power and reinstate the…