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A provincial health department’s district hospital’s Board of Discipline suspends the Hospital Director for 15 days pending investigation into alleged misappropriation of hospital funds. The Director was not served with written charges, nor provided a copy of the investigative report or supporting documents prior to suspension; he appeared with counsel at a hearing, but the Board admitted a signed, non-testifying affidavit from a private auditor who prepared the investigation; the suspension deprives him of salary and duties during pendency. The head of the department later sustained the decision. Is the suspension valid? Identify the controlling doctrine and core requirements of judicial/administrative due process, and determine the proper remedy if due process was violated.