January-February 2010
January-February 2010
- Arrested over anonymous complaint: Nurse acquitted following trial for filing complaint with medical board
- Top Ten Professional Licensing Stories of 2009
- Blind candidate wins all computerized aids she requested for exam
- Did applicant use a ‘ringer’ to take his licensing exam?
- Explicit statute not needed to discipline for sex with patients
- Licensee has no right to cross-examine board members
- Board president does not have to be lawyer, appeals court agrees
- After audit, insurer requested that board revoke dentist’s license
- Domestic assault and other charges warrant suspension, court says
- Criminal convictions present boards with discipline challenges
- After-hours drunk driving? Yes, it’s unprofessional conduct
- HHS to enforce data collection by National Practitioner Data Bank
- Should victim’s rights be included in discipline proceedings?
- Former mental health patients certified as class in class-action challenge of license application
- License of prosecutor under a cloud—but that doesn’t mean mandate for new trial
- Requiring intention to reside permanently in U.S. for license is unconstitutional, court re-affirms