Optometrist cannot dodge branch office license requirements by affiliating with ophthalmologist, court finds
Optometrists in California who want to open a second office are not exempt from the state’s branch office [...]
Licensing Applications
Vermont board would take 23% fiscal hit by signing on to interstate compact
Interstate compacts—agreements among states to accept other states’ occupational licenses, in the same way that [...]
Fewer than 1% of otherwise eligible license applicants denied over past convictions, Illinois says
Prior convictions are rarely the cause of a license denial, said the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional [...]
Court upholds licensing of applicant with 21 felony convictions
A real estate office employee who applied for a salesperson license won his appeal of the state Real Estate [...]
U.K.-licensed doctor must meet U.K. professional standards even though alleged misconduct occurred in India
A British oncologist, found to have committed professional misconduct in his treatment of a patient while working as a [...]
Panel not required to prove that applicant intentionally lied about felony conviction
The state real estate board was not required to show that a licensee knew his answer to an application question—in which [...]
Federal court: Use of “engineer” label does not imply licensure status
The Oregon engineering board may not prohibit non-licensees from referring to themselves as “engineers,” a federal [...]
U.S. Court of Appeals: Students not entitled to wages for work hours required for licensure
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit held February 5 that cosmetology students working at a salon accepting paying [...]
Lawyer fingerprinting in this state turns up over 2,200 convictions unknown to state bar.
“A California court rule requiring lawyers to be fingerprinted has turned up more than 6,000 criminal history reports, [...]
Court vacates board’s unexplained denial of reciprocal license for military spouse
The spouse of an active military member who sought admission to the Georgia Bar based on her membership in the Louisiana Bar [...]