Opinion ID: 1196968
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 8

Heading: Limitation of Disciplinary Proceedings.

Text: Despite the Board's finding that Kirbens had significantly harmed patients, Kirbens maintains that, under the ADA, his disability entitled him to avoid revocation by voluntarily relinquishing his license and receiving treatment under a state sponsored rehabilitation program. This assertion is questionable because in its individualized assessment upon his motion requesting that he be allowed to voluntarily relinquish his license, the Board determined that Kirbens' acts were not shown to have been caused by his disability and that he was not otherwise protected by the ADA. Furthermore, Kirbens does not refer us to any provision of the ADA which would require the Board to make the requested accommodation. See Wolfgram, at . Assuming without deciding that the ADA applies, the Colorado Supreme Court has ruled that the ADA did not prevent it from exercising discretion and rejecting the proposed disciplinary measures of an attorney found to have committed serious misconduct and harm. People v. Reynolds, 933 P.2d 1295, 1305 (Colo.1997). We agree that the ADA defers to the licensing authority, and uphold the exercise of the Board's discretion in rejecting Kirbens' proposed disciplinary measures. See Theriault v. Flynn, 162 F.3d 46, 50 (1st Cir.1998). Under these circumstances, we hold that the Board is not acting discriminatorily by refusing to allow Kirbens to voluntarily relinquish his license or by not placing him in a state-sponsored rehabilitation program.