California virtual proctoring flags one third of remote bar exams
Nearly 36% of attorney candidates who sat for the October 2020 California bar exam, administered remotely, found their [...]
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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 [...]
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' [...]