Medical board websites fail to highlight—and often bury—information on physician sexual misconduct
Medical boards’ website information about physicians’ sexual misconduct is often hard to find, euphemistic, and [...]
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Rule barring harassment and discrimination by licensees violates First Amendment
A federal judge in Pennsylvania, in a March 24 opinion, struck down state bar rules prohibiting harassment and [...]
Board policy for licensee rehabilitation violated disability law, says U.S. Department of Justice
Credit: Charlotte Henard,https://flic.kr/p/2mBKGBg The Indiana State Board of Nursing violated the Americans with [...]
Can one size fit all? 65% of survey respondents either neutral or negative on value of universal licensure recognition
Reporting in January on a new survey of licensing officials in states that recently adopted Universal License Recognition [...]
Federal court upholds dietician license program against charges of violating First Amendment
Credit: Maria Esklind, https://flic.kr/p/WdVT3f The U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit, in a February decision, upheld [...]
Licensee’s criminal campaign donation scheme was adverse to practice of profession and revocation was appropriate
Credit: Pictures of Money, https://flic.kr/p/s6895e A New Jersey appeals court upheld a decision by the state engineering [...]
Discipline targeting COVID-19 disinformation surged during pandemic—but so did state legislatures’ moves to halt such discipline
Two thirds of state medical boards saw an increase in complaints related to licensee dissemination of false or misleading [...]
Board must consider applicant’s disability when deciding whether to accept his passage of licensing exam on fifth try
An applicant who was diagnosed with anxiety disorder after failing the licensing exam too many times must be given the [...]
After FTC complaint, board drops in-person supervision requirement of unlicensed staff
Following a complaint by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission that it was violating federal antitrust law, the Alabama dental [...]
Denial of license for old felony overturned for failure to consider applicant’s current character
Credit: aehdeschaine, https://flic.kr/p/oRSH3B The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania, in an August 11 ruling, reversed a [...]