Case against board for refusal to retroactively renew license can continue
A case seeking to force the Pennsylvania Bureau of Professional and Occupational Affairs to retroactively renew a license [...]
Administration
Court reverses $3 million award against California Commission on Teacher Credentialing relating to handling of backlogged misconduct cases
In a case stemming from a whistleblower's allegations of unaddressed misconduct charges and her firing by the state's [...]
Brief suspension while mental evaluation was pending cannot be expunged from public records
A stipulated agreement that led to a very short suspension which was lifted after the licensee physician passed a mental [...]
Pandemic prompts waivers, wider scopes of practice nationwide Could changes become permanent?
The inability to administer traditional licensing exams, the switch to online learning, telecommuting and telehealth, [...]
Association of licensing boards is shielded from litigation over publication of disciplinary action
The Federation of State Medical Boards is entitled to protection under a Texas statute protecting defendants from lawsuits [...]
Court may not force board to enforce subpoenas in action between private parties
On August 20, the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania reversed a lower court which had ordered the state's medical board and [...]
Sexual misconduct complaints against doctors surge 62% in California
Complaints filed by the public against California physicians for sexual misconduct rose by 62% between Fall 2017 and June [...]
Board investigator’s implied threat of sanctions excludes use of his interview of licensee as evidence in criminal case
A state medical board investigator who cooperated with local law enforcement, using the implicit threat of license sanctions [...]
Vermont board would take 23% fiscal hit by signing on to interstate compact
Interstate compacts—agreements among states to accept other states' occupational licenses, in the same way that states' [...]
Low public awareness found in online survey about discipline of doctors
More than half of U.S. adults appear to be unaware that state medical boards are in charge of licensing and regulating [...]