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 [...]
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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 [...]
Fewer than 1% of otherwise eligible license applicants denied over past convictions, Illinois says
Prior convictions are rarely the cause of a license denial, said the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional [...]
Court refuses to give pro-life group abortion provider licensing info
Citing the risk of harassment and assaults, a panel of a Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court ruled July 11 that the names and [...]