March-April 2010
March-April 2010
- Board lapses blamed as diverse courts scuttle revocations, rules, test scores
- Under the wire: Candidate wins last-chance exam retake over board non-compliance with law
- Regulations cancelled due to lack of supporting explanation
- Revocation lacked fact-finding to justify it, court rules
- Discipline rejected for lack of certified documents
- Test-taker with speech disorder gets text-to-speech accommodation
- Character reference and rehab fail to compensate for failed drug test
- Board cannot scrub discipline of former licensee from board site
- Constitutional search & seizure protection does not apply to licensee
- Lawyer whose own research ‘exonerated’ him is a threat to public
- Unusual behavior by psychologist was ‘willful and malicious’
- Personal relationship with client is conflict of interest—even for CPAs
- Court rejects 30-day grace period for billing mistakes
- ‘Name-clearing hearing’ for disciplined licensees not required
- ACLU to represent applicants in challenge of mental health questions
- Company’s name not violation of licensing law
- Veterinarian fails in bid to force board to accept reciprocity
- Board may use felony to deny license, despite expungement
- Bid to skip test based on ‘grandfather’ principle fails
- California requires large-type notices of state physician regulation
- Board, not executive director, authorized to hire and fire staff