Matter of Mandell v. Board of Regents

In June, 1925, the petitioner procured a license to practice pharmacy as a “ junior pharmacist.” He presented satisfactory proof of his qualifications for that license. Before he could obtain a license to practice as a “ pharmacist,” satisfactory proof of additional qualifications was required. (Public Health Law, section 233, now Education Law [Cons. Laws, ch. 16], section 1353.) In order to obtain that license the defendant sought to manufacture evidence of qualifications he did not in fact possess. Upon proof of the attempted fraud, and after notice to the defendant and a hearing before…