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Ross v. State Bd. for Prof. Med. Conduct, 2007 NY Slip Op 8146 (N.Y.A.D. Nov. 1, 2007)

The Supreme Court of New York, Appellate Division, upheld an Administrative Review Board's ("ARB") revocation of an orthopedic surgeon's medical license, holding that by submitting and intentionally failing to correct inaccurate information regarding his disciplinary background in applications for privileges at various hospitals over a 15-year period, the physician's conduct warranted the penalty of revocation on charges of fraudulent practice, willfully filing a false report, and moral unfitness. The court noted that "[t]he fact that patient care was not implicated does not preclude revocation of the [physician's] license – particularly where, as here, the ARB found that the lack of integrity evidenced by [the physician] over a period of years could not be remedied by a lesser sanction, i.e., a probationary period and a few hours of continuing education."