California Dental Board License Defense Attorneys Lawyers Who Represent Licensed Dentists, Dental Hygienists and Dental Assistants in California California Dental Board License Investigation The California Dental Board licenses dentists, dental hygienists, and dental assistants. Before the dental board moves to discipline, suspend, or revoke one of these professional dental licenses,…
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flickr | Hazma Butt An appellate court in California overturned a license revocation issued to a doctor who had accepted several thousand dollars in disability insurance while working for another employer (Pirouzian v. Superior Court; Medical Board of California, Real Party in Interest). In its June 29, 2016, decision, the…
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Aaron Parecki | Flickr A company did not engage in the unlicensed practice of engineering when it used a GPS device, or geographic positioning system, to locate and map the location of equipment of a local utility, a Pennsylvania court held May 24, 2016 (Southeastern Reprographics v. Bureau of Professional…
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alamodestuff | flickr The Oregon Court of Appeals, in an August 3, 2016, decision, granted a hearing to resolve a factual dispute in the case of a physician whose license was revoked by default after he failed to arrive for the beginning of his hearing, in the mistaken belief he…
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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 patients, A.M. After her therapy with Dr. Phillips ended, A.M. divorced her husband, S.M. S.M. then filed a complaint with…
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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 U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas held May 29 (Teladoc, Inc. v. Texas Medical Board). The ruling,…
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The traditional appointed board model for regulating the professions has been a fixture of state government for well over a century. But new models of delivering services, plus a pro-competition climate at the state and federal level, may be threatening the classic regulatory structure. The February 25 U.S. Supreme Court…
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A psychologist licensed in Israel, but not in the U.S., illegally offered his services in Pennsylvania and must pay civil penalties and stop holding himself out as a psychologist, the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania ruled August 11. (Abraham v. Bureau of Professional and Occupational Affairs, Board of Psychology). The memorandum…
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A recommended order by an administrative law judge to revoke a dentist's license for possessing child pornography did not bear ample factual foundation, the Third District Court of Appeal of Florida held (Borges v. Department of Health). In an August 13 ruling, the appellate court reversed and remanded the state…
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Overlap and duplication of two federal disciplinary data banks would be reduced if a proposed rule of the HHS Health Resources and Services Administration becomes final. Announced for public comment February 15, 2012, the revised rule (HRSA-0906-AA87), required under the health insurance reform measure, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care…
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