Scope of Practice
Tribe bypasses state licensing to set up own dental therapist law
Recent efforts within the Washington State Native American community to change the scope of practice for dental therapists [...]
VA plans use of RNs to fill MDs’ roles
The Department of Veterans Affairs says it will cope with physician shortages by significantly broadening the scope of [...]
New York de-authorizes chiropractors for DOT physical exams
As of June 1, Chiropractors in New York are no longer in the National Registry of Certified Medical Examiners and are no [...]
Cost savings not resulting from nurse practitioner expansion
A recent study from the University of California San Francisco suggests that the expansion of nurse practitioners’ [...]
Telemedicine bills flood state legislatures
Despite lawsuits, pushback from courts, and regulatory obstacles, telemedicine continues to spread. According to a February [...]
Advice columnist not “practicing without a license”
A federal district court in Kentucky threw out a case brought by the state’s Board of Examiners of Psychology against an [...]
Court ordered to consider whether specialists can deliver general services
The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in St. Louis reversed a U.S. District Judge’s decision to dismiss an [...]
Licensee obligation to act with personal integrity and honesty at all times?
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