License fee dollars steered to general treasury contribute to lax discipline, says advocacy group
In its annual ranking of state medical boards by their rate of serious disciplinary actions, the Public Citizen Health [...]
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Chiropractors may evaluate patients for neurological conditions
In a January 29 decision, the Supreme Court of Texas rejected a challenge from the state medical association to regulations [...]
Discipline of agent who defrauded clients & skipped hearing upheld
Default findings entered following a disciplinary hearing were appropriate given the licensee's absence, an Illinois [...]
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 [...]
Board authorized to discipline licensee for self-created credential in ad
The Ohio State Chiropractic Board was acting within its authority when it disciplined a licensee who advertised himself as [...]
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 homes [...]
Does occupational licensing promote consumer health and safety? Econometric study looks at primary data for some answers
Does occupational licensing promote consumer health and safety? Econometric study looks at primary data for some [...]
Surgeon’s claim that hospital retaliated against him with false report to national data bank okayed to proceed
A physician and chief of surgery who discovered his hospital was filing falsified data about surgery mortality and [...]
Polygraph evidence of dissembling sparks physician’s suspension
A physician with a history of sexual misconduct has had his medical license suspended after failing a polygraph test. Dr. [...]
Board may probe MD’s prescribing records without violating patients’ privacy
Although patients have a limited privacy expectation in the prescription information contained in the state's database, the [...]