A standardized contract with a three-year term similar to requirements outlined by PHMP Board ordered Consent Agreements is utilized. Random Observed Body Screens are used to determine abstinence is being maintained. (We may require urine, serum, blood, saliva,...
Month: October 2013
Nursing License Discipline, Willful Misconduct, and Unemployment Compensation
The first battle in nursing, work-place disciplinary cases is the unemployment compensation fight. Even though nursing positions are in high demand, unemployment compensation bridges the gap until new employment is found. Here, employers lob their first volley of...
Legal Ethics in Representing Professionals and their P.C.’s
During the course of my medical licensing defense practice I have been confronted with the ethical conflict of being asked to represent both a professional corporation and its doctor shareholders, one of which was committing criminal acts while dispensing the medical...
Increased License Enforcement –Work Place Erros and Drug Diversion Issues
The cross roads of my legal practice, criminal defense and professional licensing defense, is becoming a very busy place. Increased enforcement from the various License boards for even minor regulation violations has become rampent. I daily receive telephone calls...