State Board for Professional Medical Conduct v. New York State Commissioner of Mental Hygiene

OPINION OF THE COURT

Main, J.

In this matter, petitioner, State Board for Professional Medical Conduct, made application at Special Term to obtain from the Commissioner of Mental Hygiene records of the Utica Psychiatric Center with regard to the treatment of appellant, Dr. Dominick Coriale, in that institution. Petitioner was seeking to obtain the records by way of court order pursuant to former section 15.13 (subd [c]) of the Mental Hygiene Law (renum § 33.13 [L 1977, ch 978, § 35]) in order to complete its investigation under section 230 of the Public Health Law of complaints concerning the…