Pennsylvania License Defense Blog
Extreme Consequences — Irregular Behavior
A ESMLE/ECFMG client was recently found to have engaged in irregular behavior. This determination is now part of the client's permanent USMLE history. The score report is cancelled and the USMLE transcript contains a notation of the finding of irregular behavior....
USMLE or ECFMG — No Irregular Behavior Found
Contrition and a good, honest client portend great results. My USMLE client traveled very far for this hearing in Philadelphia. She was nervous, but testified credibly, confidently, and sympathetically. She testified about medical issues, significant many personal...
What are the things that may lead to your license getting withdrawn or suspended in Pennsylvania?
The licensing boards in Pennsylvania revoke or suspend a licensee's license for any possible reason that they may find. Often, they withdraw or suspend based on the violation of the moral turpitude as per the provisions of the administrative regulations and laws. This...
Can nurses find employment after losing their license?
You worked hard to get the specialized education for your field, and you continued to learn and grow during your career. It was also difficult to obtain and keep the licensing required for nurses in Pennsylvania. Unfortunately, it can be easy to lose your license, as...
ECFMG, USMLE Irregular Behavior Consequences
Determinations of irregular behavior and the resulting findings will accompany every ECFMG status report CVS report, EPIC report and may also be provided to legitimately interested entities; this information may be provided, regardless of the date of the conduct or activity that comprises the irregular behavior
Notice of a Federal Criminal Investigation into a Medical Practice
If a prescription is issued but fails to satisfy those standards to prescription, it is not valid under 21 USC § 842(a)(1), 21 USC § 829(a). These violations provide for a civil penalty under 21 USC § 842C1A of not more than $25,000 per prescription or no more than a total of $64,820 for all violations after November 2, 2015. The physician was also notified that if Medicare paid for any of the prescriptions under a federal healthcare program, the physician was subject to False Claims Act triple damages under 31 USC § 3729.
Pennsylvania’s New Opioid Treatment Agreement Law
On Nov. 27, 2019 Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf sign into law Act 112 of 2019. This is Pennsylvania’s Opioid Treatment Agreement Law. It took immediate effect. The law requires prescribers to enter into an opioid patient treatment agreement before issuing the...
PA docs risk penalty for overprescribing opioids
As the opioid crisis prevails, states have taken strict measures to reduce the use of these dangerous drugs. Attempts include limiting who may prescribe them, to what patients and in what doses, says Pharmacy Times. Massachusetts became the first state to restrict...
Reckless Prescribing and Death By Prescription
Every day medical practitioners confront complex and serious medical cases. Patients and their doctors face death every day of the week. In this opiate use and abuse environment, death is one pill, snort, injection, toke away. Doctors that prescribe heavy doses of whatever medication the patient request can be convicted of manslaughter.
May I sue a nurse for treatment error?
Similarly to doctors, nurses in Philadelphia and the U.S, in general, may also fall victim to medical malpractice charges. In hospitals, nurses are assistants to the doctors. Therefore, you may assume that when something goes wrong, it is the doctors who are in charge...
