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HORVAT v. DEPT. OF STATE PRO. & OCC. AFF.

128 Pa.Commw. 546 (1989)

563 A.2d 1308

John Franklin HORVAT, M.D., Petitioner, v. COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, DEPARTMENT OF STATE PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL AFFAIRS, Respondent.

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided September 15, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Rogers Carroll, with him, Peter W. Cooley, Carroll & Carroll, Philadelphia, for petitioner.

John F. Alcorn, with him, Joyce McKeever, Chief Counsel, Bureau of Professional and Occupational Affairs, and Velma A. Boozer, Chief Counsel, Dept. of State, Harrisburg, for respondent.

Before COLINS and PALLADINO, JJ., and BARBIERI, Senior Judge.

PALLADINO, Judge.

John Franklin Horvat, M.D. (Petitioner), appeals from a Notice of Automatic Suspension, issued by the State Board of Medicine (Board), pursuant to Section 40(b) of the Medical Practice Act of 1985 (MPA).1

It is undisputed that, on two separate occasions, Petitioner forged the name of his partner on a prescription form, listing the name Jean Dura as the intended patient. Petitioner used the forms to personally...

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