COVID-19 pandemic sends many state licensing exams on furlough
One side-effect of the national response to the COVID-19 pandemic emergency, which has imposed lockdown conditions in many [...]
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Federal court okays class action over foreign-graduate licensing
A federal judge in Pennsylvania, on March 23, certified a class of patient plaintiffs in a suit against the Educational [...]
No requirement to erase temporary ban on doctor’s treating female patients from federal Data Bank
A Texas case centered on the question of whether a temporary restriction of a physician's license should remain in the [...]
U.S. partially bases choice of sites for military bases on states’ success in improving reciprocity
The U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) confirms that decisions on where to site military bases and allocate other defense [...]
One doctor, 50 licenses? Yes. De facto national licensing becoming a reality through telepractice
As remote delivery of professional services through telepractice becomes increasingly common, the prospect of national [...]
Consternation, alarm after 1,400 California pharmacy exam scores cancelled over leaked answers
For many pharmacist candidates, it was the last step on the road to a pharmacy license. But unfortunately, when thousands of [...]
With “Deregathon” Florida changes rules to reduce regulatory burden
Since January 2019, spurred by Governor Ron DeSantis, the state of Florida has been on a deregulatory binge in matters [...]
Board does not have immunity, U.S. court rules in accommodations case
The New York State Board of Law Examiners is an arm of an agency that accepts federal funding and the board is thus not [...]
Board investigator’s implied threat of sanctions excludes use of his interview of licensee as evidence in criminal case
A state medical board investigator who cooperated with local law enforcement, using the implicit threat of license sanctions [...]
With sweeping new law, Arizona aims to reset national standards for license portability
Profession by profession and state by state: For better or worse, incremental change has been the norm for decades in [...]