Funeral board in limbo after scandal, audit, and legislative fail
West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice needs to appoint an all-new state funeral board after members resigned following a criminal [...]
March 2018
Court may not order board to delete discipline from databank during appeal
A state court in Alabama overturned a lower court’s decision ordering the state’s pharmacy board to remove [...]
Waiver of appellate hearing precludes submitting supplemental evidence, court affirms
An Ohio appellate court upheld a decision against a physician who, after successfully arguing that his decision to waive a [...]
Position statement on practice scope did not violate rulemaking process
A court in North Carolina issued another ruling August 2 in the state’s ongoing legal battle between its acupuncture [...]
Unreliability undercuts character witness testimony for reciprocity
The Health Professions Appeal and Review Board in Ontario returned a reciprocal licensure case to the province’s [...]
Board cannot deny license for drug conviction unrelated to practice
A Pennsylvania court overturned a decision by the state’s barber board that denied reinstatement of a licensee whose [...]
Mental health questions on license applications have this unwanted effect
Because of potential negative repercussions affecting their licensing, nearly 40% of physicians in a recent national study [...]
Physician fighting 1999 suspension wins court ruling in 7th Circuit
For nearly 20 years, an Illinois physician suspended by the state’s Department of Financial and Professional [...]
Court reinstates board decision on appeal, over abuse of discretion
An Ohio appellate court overturned a lower court’s decision that the state’s board of education violated the due [...]
Expunged conviction may not be used to reject license applicant
An appellate court in Pennsylvania overturned a board decision rejecting an application for reinstatement by a licensee who [...]