WV high court rejects denial of licensure for excessive debt
Photo by CreditDebitPro.com The Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia, in a September 9 decision, overturned a ruling by [...]
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Added factual findings not required to deny license to doctor out of practice for 15 years
On July 3, an appeals court in Tennessee upheld a decision by the state’s medical board to deny the licensure [...]
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 [...]
Licensee cannot “contract out” of duties required by state licensing law, court rules
An appellate court in Colorado held, in a March 7 decision, that licensed real estate brokers cannot enter into contracts [...]
Court reverses denial of license for applicant’s lack of remorse for drug crimes
A Pennsylvania court, in a March 27 decision, overturned a decision by the state’s medical board to deny a license to [...]
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 [...]
Order for licensee to relate lessons learned, and warn board if he intended to return to practice, not a sanction
An Iowa court, in a March 6 decision, upheld the dismissal of an attempted appeal by a doctor who had been ordered to submit [...]
Disorderly conduct conviction not a crime of moral turpitude
The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania, in an April 10 ruling, overturned a decision by the state’s nursing board to [...]