Criminal convictions of differing types affect your Pennsylvania professional license differently. If a licensee is found guilty, pleads guilty, or enrolls in the Pennsylvania's ARD - pretrial diversion program, these criminal trial dispositions must be reported to...
Year: 2015
What to do when the professional receives a “Letter of Concern”.
Routinely, criminal contact (from public intoxication, a DUI, to a drug diversion allegation or sleeping in the work place) comes to the attention of every professional's licensing board and the PHMP. This triggers a "Letter of Concern". This a letter sent to...
The document requirements for the professional license applicant or during renewal.
I receive many calls inquiring about what legal documents relating to prior arrests, convictions, or investigations need be attached to a professional license original or renewal application. These questions come from qualified individuals with some prior criminal...
What is PHMP “Cooperation”
A licensee who has chosen to enter the VRP, enters a program the PHMP administers and is monitored daily by a PNAP, Sarph, or other Board case worker. The touchstone of every program is binding the licensee to "cooperation". Cooperation requires each participant...
Reciprocal Disciplinary Actions –How to Respond
Pennsylvania reciprocal license disciplinary actions against non-Pennsylvania practicing professionals has resumed with vigor. I receive calls about thissue every day because professionals nation-wide received their education and training in Pennsylvania. Discipline...
The Pendulum Swings (Is Pulled) Back to the Courts from the Legislature
The Pennsylvania courts are taking back control of criminal sentencing procedures. Beginning in October 2014 the Pennsylvania Superior Court began chipping away at legislative mandated mandatory minimum sentences. This was in response to the U.S. Supreme Court's...
QUESTIONS THE PROFESSIONAL SHOULD ASK THEMSELVES BEFORE ENTERING PENNSYLVANIA’S PHMP
Should you expect your VRP case worker's cooperation when you complete the PHMP (whether voluntary or not) three year program? Will your PMP, PNAP, SarPH case worker be your advocate? Will the program finish within the three year time? When will your licensing board...