Failure to cite professional code as evidence was error, but not fatal error March 2, 2021 An appellate court in Delaware, in a July 9 decision, agreed with a disciplined licensee that the state's Board of [...]
Case against board for refusal to retroactively renew license can continue March 2, 2021 A case seeking to force the Pennsylvania Bureau of Professional and Occupational Affairs to retroactively renew a license [...]
Administrative judge had authority to accept a late reply to charges March 1, 2021 An appellate court in New York, in a July 9 decision, invalidated a revocation decision by the state Administrative Review [...]
Revocation reversed over failure to specify time limit for requesting different judge March 1, 2021 An Oregon regulation allowing the state's chief administrative law judge to reject requests for a change of administrative [...]
A licensee’s own limitation of license is not disciplinary action March 1, 2021 A license limitation voluntarily imposed by a licensee because of decreased abilities stemming from a car accident is not a [...]
Indiana board members protected by quasi-judicial immunity March 1, 2021 An appellate court in Indiana confirmed September 14—apparently for the first time in that state—that members of [...]
Board not required to provide hearing before restricting license for non-practice March 1, 2021 A Kentucky appellate court held October 9 that the state medical board was not required to provide an evidentiary hearing [...]
Court rejects MD’s attempt to force board to count his non-medical practice towards fulfilling probationary period March 1, 2021 A physician whose probationary period was being tolled, or put on hold, because the Medical Board of California determined [...]
Licensee not entitled to second evidentiary hearing after 11 years of procedural up-and-downs December 8, 2020 A Kentucky appellate court, in a May decision, overturned a state circuit court decision awarding an evidentiary hearing to [...]
Discipline upheld against psychologist who gave patient file to opposing counsel in lawsuit December 8, 2020 The Court of Appeals of the State of Oregon, in a May 13 decision, upheld discipline imposed by the state's Board of [...]