Pandemic prompts waivers, wider scopes of practice nationwide Could changes become permanent?
The inability to administer traditional licensing exams, the switch to online learning, telecommuting and telehealth, [...]
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Constitutional challenge of practice act may proceed
Reversing a trial court's dismissal of a suit challenging the constitutionality of a practice act, the Supreme Court of [...]
Court dismisses board director from eyebrow threading suit
A federal court in Mississippi dismissed the executive director of the state's cosmetology board from a lawsuit filed [...]
Professional licensure training programs must disclose which states agree to license their graduates
Beginning July 1, any educational program that is designed or is advertised to prepare a student for a licensed occupation [...]
Pharmacy board failed to conduct fingerprint background checks
More oversight and more stringent enforcement of required background checks and fingerprinting of applicants for wholesale [...]
WV high court rejects denial of licensure for excessive debt
The Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia, in a September 9 decision, overturned a ruling by the state's Board of Bar [...]
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 application of [...]
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 Commission's [...]
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 [...]