context: Athough the case law does not discuss the issue of whether a license to provide health care services is "property" within the context of this rule of statutory interpretation, in the analogous area of due process, courts have uniformly held that the holder of a license has a property right protected by the appropriate Federal Due Process Clause.
citation_a.signal: no signal
citation_a.identifier: 291 Md. 390, 405
citation_a.parenthetical: right to practice medicine protected property right subject to paramount police power of state
citation_a.sentence: Scott v. Williams, 924 F.2d 56, 58 (4th Cir.1991) (stating driver’s license is property interest protected by Fourteenth Amendment) (citing Bell v. Burson, 402 U.S. 535, 539, 91 S.Ct. 1586, 1589, 29 L.Ed.2d 90 (1971)); Mishler v. Nevada State Bd. of Med. Examiners, 896 F.2d 408, 409-10 (9th Cir.1990) (stating professional license is protected property right) (citing Schware v. Board of Bar Examiners, 353 U.S. 232, 238-39, 77 S.Ct. 752, 756, 1 L.Ed.2d 796 (1957)); Commission on Med. Discipline v. Stillman, 291 Md. 390, 405, 435 A2d. 747 (1981) (right to practice medicine protected property right subject to paramount police power of state); cf. Love v. Pepersack, 47 F.3d 120, 122-23 (4th Cir.) (stating that laws calling for issuance of license do not create property right unless state has no discretion to grant or deny the license), cert. denied, 516 U.S. 813, 116 S.Ct. 64, 133 L.Ed.2d 27 (1995). This principle of constitutional law is equally applicable in the context of statutory interpretation.
citation_b.signal: cf.
citation_b.identifier: 47 F.3d 120, 122-23
citation_b.parenthetical: stating that laws calling for issuance of license do not create property right unless state has no discretion to grant or deny the license
citation_b.sentence: Scott v. Williams, 924 F.2d 56, 58 (4th Cir.1991) (stating driver’s license is property interest protected by Fourteenth Amendment) (citing Bell v. Burson, 402 U.S. 535, 539, 91 S.Ct. 1586, 1589, 29 L.Ed.2d 90 (1971)); Mishler v. Nevada State Bd. of Med. Examiners, 896 F.2d 408, 409-10 (9th Cir.1990) (stating professional license is protected property right) (citing Schware v. Board of Bar Examiners, 353 U.S. 232, 238-39, 77 S.Ct. 752, 756, 1 L.Ed.2d 796 (1957)); Commission on Med. Discipline v. Stillman, 291 Md. 390, 405, 435 A2d. 747 (1981) (right to practice medicine protected property right subject to paramount police power of state); cf. Love v. Pepersack, 47 F.3d 120, 122-23 (4th Cir.) (stating that laws calling for issuance of license do not create property right unless state has no discretion to grant or deny the license), cert. denied, 516 U.S. 813, 116 S.Ct. 64, 133 L.Ed.2d 27 (1995). This principle of constitutional law is equally applicable in the context of statutory interpretation.