In Re Guess

FRYE, Justice.

This case is before the Court by grant of discretionary review to determine the proper place of appeal from a decision of the superior court reversing a decision of the North Carolina Board of Medical Examiners (Board). The Board appealed the decision to the Court of Appeals, which dismissed the appeal holding that appeal was directly to this Court pursuant to N.C.G.S. § 90-14.11. For the reasons stated hereinafter, we now reverse and hold that appeal lies of right to the Court of Appeals.

This case had its genesis in a professional disciplinary matter before the North Carolina…