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August 24, 2020 in Testing // Examiners, state boards rethinking traditional use of practical exams, scored exams, and live patients
August 24, 2020 in Discipline // Default discipline of licensee who sent rebuttal letter prior to filing of disciplinary charges is valid
August 24, 2020 in Discipline // Law does not waive sovereign immunity for constitutional claims unless they involve challenge of a state statute
August 24, 2020 in Discipline // U.S. court restores emergency health law authorizing discipline of physicians performing abortions
August 24, 2020 in Competition // Architects, CPAs, engineers, surveyors push back against licensing deregulation campaigns

COVID-19 pandemic sends many state licensing exams on furlough

One side-effect of the national response to the COVID-19 pandemic emergency, which has imposed lockdown conditions in many states, is the indefinite tabling of many exam [...]
Federal court okays class action over foreign-graduate licensing

A federal judge in Pennsylvania, on March 23, certified a class of patient plaintiffs in a suit against the Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates, authorizing [...]
No requirement to erase temporary ban on doctor’s treating female patients from federal Data Bank

A Texas case centered on the question of whether a temporary restriction of a physician’s license should remain in the National Practitioner Data Bank, when the [...]
U.S. partially bases choice of sites for military bases on states’ success in improving reciprocity

The U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) confirms that decisions on where to site military bases and allocate other defense spending are being affected by the relative strictness [...]
One doctor, 50 licenses? Yes. De facto national licensing becoming a reality through telepractice

As remote delivery of professional services through telepractice becomes increasingly common, the prospect of national licensure, so long feared by many, is looking more [...]
Consternation, alarm after 1,400 California pharmacy exam scores cancelled over leaked answers

For many pharmacist candidates, it was the last step on the road to a pharmacy license. But unfortunately, when thousands of people took the California Practice Standards and [...]

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