Licensee not entitled to appear in person at board’s deliberations to decide sanctions against her on remand
A physician whose sanction was being determined after a remand overturned part of the board's disciplinary decision was not [...]
Discipline
Antitrust violations not necessarily crimes of moral turpitude
A Sherman Antitrust Act violation by a licensee does not automatically give cause for license discipline, as crimes [...]
Sanction upheld for engaging, paying suspended fellow licensee as consultant
The Court of Appeals of Texas in Austin, in a June 11 decision, overturned a lower court's decision to invalidate sections [...]
MD’s influencing and financially benefiting from elderly patient rose to dictionary definition of verb “exploit”
Suspension of a doctor who had befriended and financially benefited from an elderly patient met the required standard of [...]
Veterinarian lacked discretion to stint on required doses of rabies vaccine
A doctor who injected smaller amounts of rabies vaccine than required by law did not have discretion to determine the [...]
Board’s use of protective order to withhold release of documents in wrong-side surgery case held to be against public policy
The Supreme Court of Oklahoma, in a June 2 ruling, reversed a decision by the state's medical board denying a doctor, who [...]
Board’s imposition of harsher discipline than ALJ recommended was justified for chiropractor who taped mother’s abdomen and manipulated fetuses
The Court of Appeals of Kansas, in a June 11 decision, reinstated a decision by the state's Board of Healing Arts to revoke [...]
Potential for attorney fees not sufficient injury to justify continuing appeal of a vacated disciplinary decision
A nurse who had succeeded in getting a disciplinary order from the state's nursing board vacated had no standing to continue [...]
For lying about conviction, sexual abuser wins appeal of fine but loses license
The Court of Appeals of Oregon, in a May 5 decision, upheld the denial of a license renewal for an applicant who had been [...]
Discipline doomed by parties’ express denial of fault in private civil settlement agreement
A settlement between a licensee and the Veterans Administration could not be an evidentiary basis for a disciplinary [...]