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JACKSON v. COMPOSITE STATE BOARD OF MEDICAL EXAMINERS OF GEORGIA & STATE OF GEORGIA

43494.

256 Ga. 264 (1986)

347 S.E.2d 581

JACKSON v. COMPOSITE STATE BOARD OF MEDICAL EXAMINERS OF GEORGIA & STATE OF GEORGIA.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided September 3, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Spaulding & Coleman, Benjamin W. Spaulding, Jr., for appellant.

Michael J. Bowers, Attorney General, Ray O. Lerer, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.

WELTNER, Justice.

Jackson, a licensed medical doctor whose practice included the treatment of obese patients by prescribing amphetamines, sought a declaratory judgment that OCGA § 43-34-37 (a) (7) is unconstitutional, and that Rule 360-2-09 (h) of the Composite State Board of Medical Examiners is invalid.

OCGA § 43-34-37 (a) (7) provides: "The board shall have authority to refuse to grant a license to an applicant or to discipline a physician licensed...

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