News Stream

May-June 2010

May-June 2010

  • ADA and opioid addiction: State agencies must answer charge of ‘secret’ ban on methadone treatment for professionals
  • Certifier suspends, revokes members for brain-dumping of items to test-preparation company
  • Technology spawning new cheating opportunities, experts say
  • No appeal of denied test accommodations without pending request
  • Examiners ordered to increase font size for test-taker
  • Calls for ending delegation of discipline after Bradley scandal
  • Criminal prosecution of licensee takes precedence over discipline
  • Drunk-driving convictions make licensee unfit to practice
  • Federal court refuses to rule in suit against board
  • Board isn’t required to consider mitigating evidence
  • Revocation proper price for billing for non-existent surgeries
  • Psychiatrist’s affair with patient sufficient reason to revoke
  • Delay in prosecution scotches case against accused doctor
  • Discipline defeated for lack of expert testimony
  • Texas high court denies appeal of debt-ridden bar applicant
  • Patient cause of death properly established in doctor’s discipline case
  • Complainant can’t force board to discipline Guantanamo interrogator
  • Omission of unlicensed-practice history is fatal to license application
  • FTC slates 2011 hearing on charges state board conspired
  • Licensee wins attorney fees, expenses after winning appeal