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Hearsay Insufficient to Support Revocation of Substance Abuse Counselor Credential

The Third Department determined the hearsay evidence used to justify the revocation of petitioner’s credential as a Credentialed Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Counselor (CASAC) was insufficient:

Substantial evidence has long been defined as “such relevant proof as a reasonable mind may accept as adequate to support a conclusion or ultimate fact”… .  In this regard, an administrative determination may be based entirely upon hearsay evidence …– provided such evidence is “sufficiently relevant and probative” … or “sufficiently reliable” … and is not otherwise “seriously controverted” … . * * *

Although we have no doubt that the investigator conducted thorough interviews with many of those involved and accurately related – in both his report and his corresponding testimony – the specific information gleaned therefrom, we cannot say – given the particular facts of this case – that the hearsay proof adduced at the hearing was “the kind of evidence on which responsible persons are accustomed to rely in serious affairs”… .  Matter of Doctor v NYS Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services…, 516209, 3rd Dept 12-5-13

 

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