2014’s TOP 10 Stories in Professional Licensing
Call it the year of the unexpected. In 2014, shifting trends and surprising court rulings with wide implications for professional licensing started to become the norm. Here, based on degree of reader interest and “most shared” status, are Professional Licensing Report’s top 10 stories of 2014.
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#10
Automatic 10-year license suspension for drug felonies held valid | (Subscribers Only)
The state nursing board correctly interpreted its governing statute to require ten-year mandatory suspensions for nurses convicted of felony drug offenses, the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania…
#9
Online practice by foreign professionals? How one court decided |
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 …
#8
Unlicensed-practice SWAT team raid was criminal, not just “doing their jobs” |
A lawsuit against two Florida deputies who were part of a 2010 raid on a barbershop may go forward, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit ruled September 14 (Berry v. Orange County…
#7
Mistake on license application still equals misrepresentation, court finds | (Subscribers Only)
A mistake on a license application, even though unintentional, constitutes “misrepresentation,” in violation of the Uniform Enforcement Act (UAE), and can lead to a justifiable denial of a license…
#6
License with an asterisk: Court okays restricted license where ADA test accommodation used |
Licensing boards have power to limit the licenses obtained through testing accommodations for disabilities, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit affirmed in an April 2 decision…
#5
Federal Court strikes down licensing exam |
The D.C. government failed to explain why a licensing scheme for tour guides, complete with a 100-question licensing exam, was necessary to prevent real harms to the public, the federal Court of…
#4
Court invalidates scope of practice rules | (Subscribers Only)
Regulations authored by the Texas Board of Marriage and Family Therapists to define its licensees’ scope of practice are invalid, the Court of Appeals of Texas held November 21. The court…
#3
Don’t ask/don’t tell: Feds keep partial muzzle on reporters of discipline data |
For more than two and a half years, journalists who consult the National Practitioner Data Bank, the federal repository of state disciplinary actions involving health professionals, have had to…
#2
Voters reject random drug testing for California doctors |
Worker drug testing has become common practice among U.S. employers. But rarely does it apply to licensed professionals. If California’s Proposition 46 had been approved in the November 2014…
#1
Mental health questions on license apps violate disability law, says Dept. of Justice |
Current questions about mental health on a national form used by the Louisiana state bar to screen applicants for attorney licensing violate the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), and the state…
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