Law for Business 12th Edition by James Barnes,Terry Dworkin,Eric Richards

Exercise 6

The Maryland Department of Human Resources revoked a child care center's license on findings that a number of preschool-age children were victims of physical and sexual abuse while in the center's care. None of the alleged victims of child abuse testified in any of the proceedings. Instead, the agency acted entirely on hearsay through the parents and others who had spoken with the children. The child care center requested an opportunity to conduct psychological examinations of the alleged victims prior to the hearing. This request was denied. The child care center argued that the decision to revoke its license in the absence of such an examination was a denial of procedural due process. Was the decision to revoke the license a denial of procedural due process?