private bool CheckDocTypePermissions()
{
    // Get the user
    UserInfo user = UserInfoProvider.GetUserInfo("CMSEditor");

    if (user != null)
    {
        // Check permissions and perform an action according to the result
        if (UserInfoProvider.IsAuthorizedPerClass("CMS.MenuItem", "Read", CMSContext.CurrentSiteName, user))
        {
            apiCheckDocTypePermissions.InfoMessage = "User 'CMSEditor' is allowed to read document type 'MenuItem'.";
        }
        else
        {
            apiCheckDocTypePermissions.InfoMessage = "User 'CMSEditor' is not allowed to read document type 'MenuItem'.";
        }
        return true;
    }
    return false;
}