How has the court treated the issue of the suspension of a medical student by the medical board?

The trial court, in making its determination concerning the procedural stance of this matter, i.e., the fact that the respondent's executive committee chose to suspend petitioner prior to meeting with him or holding a formal hearing, refused to exalt form over substance. The record discloses that, in essence, petitioner had been given the opportunity to present whatever explanation he had concerning the Barham incident to respondent's committee, prior to any disciplinary action, and that minimal standards of fair hearing procedure were subsequently met. (Contrast the situation presented in Volpicelli v. Jared Sydney Torrance Memorial Hosp. (1980) 109 Cal.App.3d 242, 167 Cal.Rptr. 610.)