Supreme Court of Missouri / Dec 22, 2020
Blake H. Donaldson, D.O., Appellant, vs. Missouri State Board of Registration for the Healing Arts, Respondent.
Dr. Blake Donaldson appealed the Missouri State Board of Registration for the Healing Arts' decision to emergently suspend and then revoke his medical license due to alleged sexual misconduct with a patient, including when the patient was a minor. Donaldson challenged the administrative decisions, alleging procedural due process and equal protection violations, and arguing the decisions were arbitrary or unauthorized by law. The Missouri Supreme Court affirmed the circuit court's judgment, upholding the AHC's and Board's decisions, finding no error in the administrative proceedings or the constitutional challenges.