Lost applications, 14-month lag in discipline process found by audit July 21, 2016 Oregon Secretary of State Jeanne Atkins released, on January 14, a highly critical report of the Oregon Teacher Standards [...]
Nevada audit comes down hard on board’s investigations July 15, 2016 Spotty record-keeping, mischarging of licensees, and inconsistent investigative practices led the list of problems listed in [...]
Radiologic technologist discipline, testing need repair, auditors say April 13, 2016 Allowing examinees to take a second stab at questions they missed on their exam. Using a whiteboard to keep track of [...]
State teacher licensing “broken,” says auditor March 14, 2016 The “confusing structure” of teacher licensing is making it difficult to hold the state licensing board [...]
Security of licensee info a problem, Missouri auditor says January 12, 2016 The Missouri State Board of Registration for the Healing Arts received a performance rating of “good” from the [...]
Iowa auditor questions need for board’s unused computers December 9, 2015 An Iowa audit issued in March 2015 criticized the state pharmacy board for purchasing more than $20,000 worth of electronic [...]
Auditors again call for axing massage therapy licensing January 6, 2015 Massage therapy may well pose the risk of dangerous or unscrupulous activity. But West Virginia auditors don’t think [...]
Hundreds of board decisions under a cloud due to lack of quorum December 5, 2014 Some 465 votes by four Massachusetts health-licensing boards are under a cloud because they were taken without a quorum from [...]
Board’s complaint handling needs improvement, says WV audit December 4, 2014 A West Virginia audit of the Board of Examiners for Registered Professional Nurses, published in August, noted several [...]
Board fires director over mismanagement charges July 7, 2014 Missing computers, a pending legislative audit, and a fired executive director are the fallout from charges of mismanagement [...]