Lucas v. Novello

Crew III, J.P.

Proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78 (initiated in this Court pursuant to Public Health Law § 230-c [5]) to review a determination of the Administrative Review Board for Professional Medical Conduct which suspended petitioner’s license to practice medicine in New York.

Following a disciplinary proceeding in 1996, petitioner’s license to practice medicine was suspended for three years, with said suspension stayed, and petitioner was placed on probation. Pursuant to the terms of such probation, petitioner was to remain drug free and to notify the Office of Professional Medical…