California Emergency Medical Services Authority License Attorneys EMSA Enforcement Unit The California Emergency Medical Services Authority (EMSA) has an Enforcement Unit within its EMS Personnel Division. A number of investigators reporting to a chief investigator are assigned to the EMSA Enforcement Unit. Paramedic Investigation Request Form Complaints against paramedics are…
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One of the cases described by Kentucky board counsel Cheryl Lalonde was decided August 25, 2009 by the Court of Appeal of California, Third Appellate District. The ruling (Louis H. Watson v. The Superior Court of Sacramento County, Medical Board of California) involved a surgeon who had several DUI violations…
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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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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 of falls, leading his family to admit him to a local hospital. He was transferred from that hospital to Resnick…
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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 he suffered three drunk driving convictions within 11 years. After the Board issued its ruling, Rose brought a petition for…
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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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Neil A. Van Dyck, 64, of Roseville, California, pleaded guilty to health care fraud, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced. According to court documents, Van Dyck was a California-licensed podiatrist who operated a podiatry practice in Roseville called Placer Podiatry. Van Dyck offered “spa”-like treatments and performed routine foot…
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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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