Ophelia Lee had been licensed as a nurse for seven years when her employer, Eden Medical Center, began to doubt her mental fitness for nursing practice. Lee was examined by…
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Alameda County Social Services Agency recommended termination of N.S.’s nonminor dependency status due to her failure to participate in services and her unknown location. At a contested hearing regarding that…
Psychotherapists are mandated by the Child Abuse and Neglect Reporting Act (CANRA) to report patients who disclose they have developed or accessed child pornography. A group of psychotherapists sued government…
Alcohol-related criminal offenses, such as driving under the influence (DUI) – sometimes known as driving while intoxicated (DWI) – account for a large number of the professional license defense cases…
The California Medical Board, through Executive Director Kimberly Kirchmeyer, investigated Dr. Geoffrey Phillips, a licensed psychiatrist, based on an allegation that he had a sexual relationship with one of his…
Plaintiffs’ operative complaint alleged that decedent George Fenimore, Jr., suffered from Alzheimer’s disease and dementia, was prone to wandering away from home, and had begun to suffer an increased number…
An appellate court in Utah, in an April 19, 2015 decision, overturned the license revocation of an Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN) who had completed, but failed to properly report,…
RUVOLO, P.J. I. INTRODUCTION Respondent Michael Edward Rose (Rose) is a licensed clinical social worker who was subjected to professional disciplinary proceedings by appellant Board of Behavioral Sciences (Board)1 after…
Physicians would suffer irreparable harm if forced to comply with new Texas rules requiring face-to-face physical examination of patients prior to prescription of any dangerous drug or controlled substance, the…
A Board of Psychology did not err in choosing to revoke a psychologist’s license once it learned that a conditional indefinite suspension, with jurisdiction to revoke, was not possible, the…
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