Smith v. Department of Professional Regulation

Plaintiff, Laurence N. Smith, appeals the affirmance of the administrative decision of defendant, Illinois Department of Professional Regulation, to suspend him from the practice of chiropractic medicine for an indefinite period.

Defendant’s amended administrative complaint against plaintiff charged him with several violations of section 16 of the Medical Practice Act (Act) (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1983, ch. Ill, par. 4401 et seq.). Specifically, it charged that, in the course of treating four different patients in 1983, plaintiff engaged in conduct which constituted: (a) dishonorable, unethical or…