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November-December 2011

November-December 2011

  • States hit “Reset” on licensing boards’ complaint-handling
  • Medical board must accept ALJ’s findings of fact & conclusions of law
  • Were board members biased in disciplining a competitor?
  • Settlement is a disciplinary procedure, court confirms
  • Board properly established level of licensee’s impairment
  • Sanction for failing to report child abuse overturned
  • Board has power to revoke licenses, court says in forgery case
  • $200,000 in penalties & costs against revoked anabolic steroid doc upheld
  • Court upholds discipline initiated four years after investigation
  • Law mandating revocation of license for battery conviction tested
  • Use of OSHA standards in discipline action invalid
  • Board exceeded maximum penalty for aide who stole from patient
  • Court dismisses failed candidate’s suit
  • Court interpreters lose suit challenging stricter certifying exam
  • State may deny licensure to non-permanent residents
  • Review panel’s debut report: Ax boards regulating 5 professions
  • FTC sanctions board for anti-competitive practices
  • Licensing agency seeks $2 million back over undelivered software
  • Interim solution keeps board with 389,000 licensees in business