California Administrative Law News

Feb 04 2019

IMPORTANT CONSIDERATIONS WHEN FACING A PROFESSIONAL LICENSING BOARD INVESTIGATION IN CALIFORNIA

By Joe Rose Investigations

Issue: Navigating a license investigation The best conceivable outcome from an investigation of your professional license is your case is closed with zero findings of alleged misconduct and no discipline. Administrative investigations for most of California’s professional licensing boards are conducted by investigators from the Department of Consumer Affairs. These...

Dec 17 2018

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BLOG POSTING TESTS PROFESSIONAL ETHICS RULES GOVERNING ADVERTISING

By Advertising

Issue: Regulating new forms of advertising Increasing numbers of attorneys are using blogs to post brief articles or comments on a variety of subjects online, the State Bar of California's professional responsibility committee says. The blogs "run the gamut from those having nothing to do with the legal profession, to...

Dec 10 2018

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CONFUSING STIPULATION ORDER MAY INVALIDATE IMMUNITY OF BOARD

By Nursing

Issue: Clarity of wording in official orders A federal court in Colorado issued a decision March 17 allowing a suit brought by a nurse against the state's nursing board to continue on the grounds that the stipulation order she signed was confusingly titled. The court said this fact raised the...

Dec 07 2018

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ARMED WITH NEW TASK FORCE AND WEBSITE, FTC CHAIR VOWS LIBERTARIAN APPROACH TO OCCUPATIONAL LICENSING

By Occupational Licensing

Issue: Deregulation of occupations Maureen Ohlhausen, acting chair of the Federal Trade Commission, announced March 16 the creation of the Economic Liberty Task Force, which will identify "problematic licensing laws" and encourage state officials to review onerous licensing requirements. Although the task force is mostly meant as an advisory resource...

Dec 01 2018

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GROWING PRESSURE TO LIFT BANS ON APPLICANTS WITH RECORDS

By Criminal Convictions

Issue: "Good moral character" standards for entry into occupations Policy development groups on both the left and the right have stepped up pressure on state legislators this year to restrict many licensing boards from using past criminal convictions to deny applicants a license. On the right, the lobbying group ALEC...

Nov 27 2018

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ALCOHOL & SUBSTANCE ABUSE COUNSELORS MAY NOT PRACTICE PSYCHOLOGY

By Board of Psychological Examiners

Issue: Limits of courts' standard of review of board actions The Court of Appeals of Nevada, in a January 30 decision, rejected the appeal of an alcohol and substance abuse counselor who had been enjoined from using psychological testing and diagnosis on his patients (Hopper v. Board of Psychological Examiners)....

Nov 20 2018

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APPLICANTS COULD AVOID SEEKING TREATMENT FOR MENTAL HEALTH

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LICENSE APPLICANTS COULD AVOID SEEKING TREATMENT FOR MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES TO DODGE APPLICATION QUESTIONS, SURVEY FINDS A large percentage of female physicians who answered a survey published in General Hospital Psychiatry in September said they had felt they might qualify for a diagnosis of mental illness but had avoided treatment...

Nov 13 2018

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OVERDUE COMPLAINT PROBES, MISSING FINGERPRINTS, 60,000 MANUAL IT OVERRIDES CITED BY CALIFORNIA AUDITOR

By Nursing

California Nurse License Defense Lawyer The California Board of Registered Nursing was the target of a critical review released December 13 by the state auditor, which accused the board of undue delays in its complaint handling and called for an action plan to resolve its deficiencies. The audit recommended that...

Nov 06 2018

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NO BLANKET PRIVILEGE AGAINST SELF-INCRIMINATION IN DISCIPLINE CASES

By Osteopathic Medical Board

California Osteopathic Medical Board Lawyers An appellate court in Washington State rejected the argument of a physician that the state's osteopathic medical board had violated his constitutional privilege against self-incrimination and protection against unreasonable search and seizure by ordering him to produce prescription records and by obtaining other prescription records...

Nov 02 2018

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BOARD NOT REQUIRED TO TAKE JURISDICTION OF “BALANCE BILLING” COMPLAINT

By Medicine

The state medical board was within its authority to reject taking jurisdiction of a couple's complaint that a group of privately-contracted emergency room physicians engaged in "balance billing," the California Court of Appeal, First District, Division 4, held September 26 (Leon v. Medical Board of California). Under balance billing, emergency...

IMPORTANT CONSIDERATIONS WHEN FACING A PROFESSIONAL LICENSING BOARD INVESTIGATION IN CALIFORNIA

BLOG POSTING TESTS PROFESSIONAL ETHICS RULES GOVERNING ADVERTISING

CONFUSING STIPULATION ORDER MAY INVALIDATE IMMUNITY OF BOARD

ARMED WITH NEW TASK FORCE AND WEBSITE, FTC CHAIR VOWS LIBERTARIAN APPROACH TO OCCUPATIONAL LICENSING

GROWING PRESSURE TO LIFT BANS ON APPLICANTS WITH RECORDS

ALCOHOL & SUBSTANCE ABUSE COUNSELORS MAY NOT PRACTICE PSYCHOLOGY

APPLICANTS COULD AVOID SEEKING TREATMENT FOR MENTAL HEALTH

OVERDUE COMPLAINT PROBES, MISSING FINGERPRINTS, 60,000 MANUAL IT OVERRIDES CITED BY CALIFORNIA AUDITOR

NO BLANKET PRIVILEGE AGAINST SELF-INCRIMINATION IN DISCIPLINE CASES

BOARD NOT REQUIRED TO TAKE JURISDICTION OF “BALANCE BILLING” COMPLAINT

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