U.S. Court: Requiring RN/MD practice agreement is constitutional
A federal court in Kansas, in a September 30 decision, upheld regulations of the state’s Board of Nursing that require [...]
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Optometrist cannot dodge branch office license requirements by affiliating with ophthalmologist, court finds
Optometrists in California who want to open a second office are not exempt from the state’s branch office [...]
Court dismisses monopoly charges against American Board of Internal Medicine
A federal court in Pennsylvania, in a September 26 decision, dismissed a complaint by several physicians unhappy with the [...]
Federal court: Antitrust and constitutional challenges of Internet-based telepractice restrictions may proceed
A federal court in Alabama, in an April 2 decision, dismissed most claims of a group of plaintiffs challenging a [...]
Ban on funeral home/cemetery joint operation upheld as pro-competitive licensing rule
The Supreme Court of Wisconsin, in a June 27 decision, upheld the state’s law prohibiting joint operation of funeral [...]
CSG study of licensing in two fields shows no impact on wages
Myriads of research reports, state governors’ initiatives, lawsuits, legislation, court rulings, and federal programs [...]
Federal appeals court rejects hair braiders’ constitutionality challenge
Credit: www.flickr.com/photos/knifefight/ The U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, upheld the application of standard [...]
Position statement on practice scope did not violate rulemaking process
A court in North Carolina issued another ruling August 2 in the state’s ongoing legal battle between its acupuncture [...]
Minimum-fee policy for licensees violates antitrust law, FTC asserts in complaint
In its first antitrust action against a licensing board since the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case North Carolina State [...]
AG opinion: Physical therapists cannot perform dry needling
Facing a turf war in which practices that seem the same are labeled by different names, the attorney general of New Jersey [...]