Kvitka v. Board of Registration in Medicine

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• stating that \`the determination whether a given civil sanction constitutes punishment in the relevant sense requires a particularized assessment of the penalty imposed'\ and then proceeded to make such assessment
• stating that “ ‘the determination whether a given civil sanction constitutes punishment in the relevant sense requires a particularized assessment of the penalty imposed’ ” and then proceeded to make such assessment
• finding that remedial purpose of sanctioning physician, convicted of drug offense, was overwhelmed by disciplinary board’s stated desire to punish physician and to deter other physicians from engaging in similar conduct, thereby triggering double jeopardy protection
• finding that remedial purpose of sanctioning physician, convicted of drug offense, was overwhelmed by disciplinary board's stated desire to punish physician and to deter other physicians from engaging in similar conduct, thereby triggering double jeopardy protection
• examining governmental losses and harm to identifiable victims directly caused by physician’s fraud
• “We note that revocation of a physician’s license is considered to be remedial under the double jeopardy clause”

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