Board overreached in action against midwives, court finds August 11, 2013 The state medical board exceeded its authority when it issued cease-and- desist letters to two midwives whose advice [...]
Licensing requirements different enough to deny reciprocity August 11, 2013 The differences between Missouri’s and Kansas’s licensing requirements are significant enough that reciprocity [...]
Operation of medical marijuana clinics is practice of medicine August 11, 2013 The business operation of medical marijuana clinics in California requires a medical license, a state appeals court ruled [...]
School employees may administer insulin August 11, 2013 In response to a challenge by the American Nurses Association of a legal opinion from the California Department of [...]
Lack of documentation dooms test accommodations lawsuit August 11, 2013 A medical student who sued the National Board of Medical Examiners and his medical school for not providing testing [...]
RN license revoked for administering heparin to hospitalized friend August 11, 2013 A Florida nurse whose license was revoked by the state’s board of nursing —only to have the discipline thrown out [...]
Licensee succeeded in forcing board to send evidence, but court denies attorney’s fees August 11, 2013 An appellate court in Texas reversed a $100,000 award of attorney’s fees to a veterinarian who had to acquire a [...]
Negligence justifies suspension, even without link to patient death August 11, 2013 A Delaware nurse who successfully appealed a decision by the state’s department of health and human services to place [...]
Revocation reversed for improperly mirroring other state’s discipline August 11, 2013 A doctor whose New York license had been revoked for failing to mention prior discipline incurred in Tennessee won his bid [...]
Lawsuit against anti-methadone policy dismissed August 11, 2013 A lawsuit brought by a Pennsylvania nurse challenging an anti-methadone policy of the state’s Professional Health [...]