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Oct 09 2017

Some licensees play odds they won’t get audited on CE fulfillment

By Joe Rose Blog, Law

The Arizona State Board of Respiratory Care Examiners won plaudits from the state Auditor General this year for some elements of its performance. It followed rules on issuing licenses and issued most in a timely manner. But the watchdog agency cited one area where the board needs work: ensuring licensees'…

Oct 08 2017

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California Medical Board website ranks first in nation by Consumers Union

By Joe Rose Blog, Medicine, National Practitioner Data Bank

State agency websites don't strive for superior turning ability, extra shine, or spin cycle speed. But anyone who's consulted Consumer Reports to compare vacuum cleaners or hybrid cars will recognize the red- and black-dotted rating system the publisher adopted in its recent ratings of state medical board websites. A Survey…

Aug 05 2015

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Board can rule out fish pedicures, Arizona court finds

By Joe Rose Blog

An appellate court in Arizona ruled May 27 that the state cosmetology board may ban so-called fish pedicures, an unconventional method of dead-skin removal in which a customer places a foot or hand in a tank containing fish known as "doctor fish," which literally eat away dead skin from the…

Mar 28 2012

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Unsolicited Receiving of Sexual Favors is Still Sexual Misconduct

By Joe Rose Behavioral Health, Emergency Medical Services, Medicine, Nursing

A finding that a physician committed professional misconduct by engaging in sexual relations with a patient did not require that the physician instigate or return sexual favors, the Court of Appeal of California, Third Appellate District, said in an August 31 ruling (William Joseph Roy, Jr., v. The Superior Court…

Mar 07 2012

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A sign of the times? California’s nursing board becomes a casualty

By Joe Rose Nursing No Comments

They say it only takes a few bad apples to ruin a barrel. Just as other licensed professions in California battle with the few that can tarnish the reputation of the many, so goes the nursing profession. The head-turner with nursing, however, is that people’s lives are at stake and…

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Some licensees play odds they won’t get audited on CE fulfillment

California Medical Board website ranks first in nation by Consumers Union

Board can rule out fish pedicures, Arizona court finds

Unsolicited Receiving of Sexual Favors is Still Sexual Misconduct

A sign of the times? California’s nursing board becomes a casualty

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Some licensees play odds they won’t get audited on CE fulfillment

California Medical Board website ranks first in nation by Consumers Union

Board can rule out fish pedicures, Arizona court finds

Unsolicited Receiving of Sexual Favors is Still Sexual Misconduct

A sign of the times? California’s nursing board becomes a casualty

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