Colorado State Board of Medical Examiners v. Sullivan

Opinion by

Judge CASEBOLT

Respondent, Kenneth P. Sullivan, appeals a final order of the Colorado State Board of Medical Examiners (Board) that revoked his license to practice medicine. We affirm.

Respondent obtained his Colorado license to practice medicine in 1980. While employed as a civilian physician at the Fort Carson military reservation Evans Army *887Community Hospital, a federal enclave not subject to the jurisdiction of the Board, he treated a patient in the emergency room. Because of respondent’s failure to ensure that the wound was properly cleaned, the patient contracted an infection…