November-December 2011
November-December 2011
- States hit “Reset” on licensing boards’ complaint-handling
- Medical board must accept ALJ’s findings of fact & conclusions of law
- Were board members biased in disciplining a competitor?
- Settlement is a disciplinary procedure, court confirms
- Board properly established level of licensee’s impairment
- Sanction for failing to report child abuse overturned
- Board has power to revoke licenses, court says in forgery case
- $200,000 in penalties & costs against revoked anabolic steroid doc upheld
- Court upholds discipline initiated four years after investigation
- Law mandating revocation of license for battery conviction tested
- Use of OSHA standards in discipline action invalid
- Board exceeded maximum penalty for aide who stole from patient
- Court dismisses failed candidate’s suit
- Court interpreters lose suit challenging stricter certifying exam
- State may deny licensure to non-permanent residents
- Review panel’s debut report: Ax boards regulating 5 professions
- FTC sanctions board for anti-competitive practices
- Licensing agency seeks $2 million back over undelivered software
- Interim solution keeps board with 389,000 licensees in business