Lewis v. State Board of Medical Examiners
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Appeal: from Carroll superior court—Judge Searcy presiding. October 21, 1918. The act of 1913. (Ga. Laws, 1913, p. 101) creating the State Board of Medical Examiners provides, iu section 14, that “said board may refuse to grant a license to practice medicine in this State, or may cause a licentiate’s name to be removed from the-records in the office of any clerk of court in this State, on the following grounds, to wit:” enumerating several grounds, one of which is…
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Appeal: from Carroll superior court—Judge Searcy presiding. October 21, 1918. The act of 1913. (Ga. Laws, 1913, p. 101) creating the State Board of Medical Examiners provides, iu section 14, that “said board may refuse to grant a license to practice medicine in this State, or may cause a licentiate’s name to be removed from the-records in the office of any clerk of court in this State, on the following grounds, to wit:” enumerating several grounds, one of which is “conviction of crime involving moral turpitude.” The act further provides that “said hoard may, upon satisfactory proof made that…
1Opinion of the CourtJenkins, J.
(After stating the foregoing facts.) Only the second headuote requires elaboration. It will be seen from an inspection of the section of the act quoted in the statement of facts that no specified time is there fixed when the board shall prefer written charges after an appeal has been entered by the defendant. It is contended by counsel for the plaintiff in error that while the act specifies no time when the written charges should be preferred, the act should be construed as requiring that such charges be preferred at the first term of the court after an appeal has been entered, and that the…
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