VA plans use of RNs to fill MDs’ roles
The Department of Veterans Affairs says it will cope with physician shortages by significantly broadening the scope of [...]
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New York de-authorizes chiropractors for DOT physical exams
As of June 1, Chiropractors in New York are no longer in the National Registry of Certified Medical Examiners and are no [...]
Cost savings not resulting from nurse practitioner expansion
A recent study from the University of California San Francisco suggests that the expansion of nurse practitioners’ [...]
Online renewal systems alleged to raise identity fraud risk
Security of licensing data has become an issue with Indiana’s nursing board, which uses an online system for renewing [...]
Stopping leakage of “engineer” title into non-licensed fields
Over the last five years, there have been 800 complaints on the misuse of the word “engineer” in Texas, [...]
Only physicians should conduct autopsies, board votes
The California state medical board has voted unanimously to support a new state senate bill that allows only licensed [...]
Stop blocking people with records from licensing, law group argues
States have been rigid in precluding people with criminal records from gaining licensure in an occupational field, the [...]
NY nurse discipline blasted in new investigative report
New York legislators are taking heed after a ProPublica investigative report revealed startling ineffectiveness in the [...]
Anti-LGBT service denial bill passed in Tennessee
Approving what opponents describe as a “hate bill,” Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam signed into law April 27 a [...]