This holiday season parties will be plenty, alcohol will be flowing, and prescription medications will be taken. The day before Thanksgiving has been rated as the highest DUI arrest days in the county.  The driving under the influence problems arrests stemming from doctor prescribed medications, purchased at a pharmacy, and legally possessed and ingested, are…

Every year, the holiday time brings joy and financial difficulty. If you are a licensee with access to clients’ private residences, personal effects, and property, taking advantage of that access in an illegal way will cause you to lose your license. Stealing from infirm, disabled, or elderly clients to support a holiday life style, have…

Sometimes crazy things happen on the way to surrendering to federal prison. A recent case discusses issues a convicted federal felon confronted when he chose to not surrender but flee to the New Mexico border. When U.S. Marshals found him sitting in his car in the parking lot of a border motel, strange search and…

Today I am confronted with the issue of whether a professional possessing multiple licenses, who successfully defends a prosecution against one license,  may be prosecuted by a different Board which regulates a different license for the same infraction. The short answer is yes, and this blog will discuss how, why, and what to do when…

A consistent and significant problem in many Pennsylvania disciplinary licensing matters I handle involve professionals who mistakenly stipulate to discipline in another state and then mistakenly fail to report the discipline to Pennsylvania’s licensing board. The reporting must be done within ninety days of the final disposition of that matter. This a statutory requirement and…