Opinion
No. 52540.
June 6, 1967.
PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS: Question of denial of license to doctor — moot. An appeal by a doctor from denial of a license by the board of medical examiners is dismissed as moot where the court was informed in oral argument the doctor is no longer interested in obtaining an Iowa license.
Appeal from Polk District Court — GIBSON C. HOLLIDAY, Judge.
The appeal by a doctor denied a license to practice medicine in Iowa by the Iowa State Board of Medical Examiners is dismissed as moot. — Appeal dismissed.
Strand Kiener, of Decorah, for appellant.
Richard C. Turner, Attorney General, and Frank D. Bianco, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.
Doctor Margoles applied for a license to practice medicine and surgery in Iowa, and, in accordance with section 148.4, Code of Iowa, asked that the certificate of examination issued by the national board of medical examiners be accepted in lieu of the examination required by section 148.3. The Iowa State Board of Medical Examiners rejected the application after limited hearing, without stating its reasons. The district court dismissed the doctor's appeal from this decision on the ground that the court lacked jurisdiction.
In oral argument, counsel informed us that Doctor Margoles has now been admitted to practice medicine in Michigan and Washington, D.C. and is no longer interested in obtaining a license to practice in Iowa. We, therefore, hold this case moot and dismiss the appeal without passing on the merits.
We call attention to the recent change in rule 345, Rules of Civil Procedure, which requires records and briefs to be printed on both sides of the page. This is necessary to help relieve the storage problem facing our libraries. — Appeal dismissed.
All JUSTICES concur.