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 [...]
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Discipline of licensee for showing patient records to wife upheld
Mandatory language in state licensing law did not actually require a board to order a mental evaluation of a licensee before [...]
Board must hear MD’s appeal of order to submit to three-day impairment evaluation
The Ohio medical board erred by denying a doctor, accused of impairment after he admitted to the occasional use of [...]
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 [...]
Boards must pay licensee’s attorney fees in discipline case over deadly pool heating installation
State law allows attorney fees against professional licensing boards, the Supreme Court of North Carolina held June 5. The [...]
Procedural error by judge does not reverse discipline decision
The Michigan Court of Appeals, in a May 14 decision, affirmed discipline issued against a doctor for improper prescribing [...]
$120,000 in legal fees against psychologist who gave patient mental health records to firm doing collections for him is upheld
An appellate court in New Jersey upheld, in a May 29 ruling, a suspension and massive legal fees imposed on a psychologist [...]
Automatic expungement trend gives clean slate to license applicants facing criminal background checks
Obtaining expungement of a criminal record has long involved paying legal fees, filing a court petition, appearing in court, [...]
Board hid investigators’ actual caseload with fake data for Auditor
The directive in a 2016 state audit of the California Board of Registered Nursing was clear: Investigators should not be [...]
Licensee may not sue to prohibit investigation of complaint
In a rather complicated procedural case, an appeals court in Arizona ruled that a licensee who brought suit against the [...]