The Pennsylvania Rules of Evidence, promulgated rules and case law interpreting those rules, apply to administrative proceedings. An experienced trial attorney should utilize civil and criminal trial evidentiary rulings discussing the rules to their client’s advantage in licensing disciplinary hearings. The importance of understanding these rules and keeping up to date with the case law…

Two New York Times headlines affirm the federal and state government responses to pharmacists and medical practitioners’ complicity in the national opioid epidemic.   C.D.C. Painkiller Guidelines Aim to Reduce Addiction Risk and The End of Prescriptions as We Know Them in New York say it all.Commonwealth of Pennsylvania pharmacists and medical practitioners must become…

Pennsylvania’s licensing boards have become very proactive in learning of professional’s criminal convictions for violating Pennsylvania Drug and Cosmetic Act – 35 P.S. § 780–113 (a). Once learned, licensing board prosecutors aggressively file petitions for automatic suspensions of professionals’ licenses. At issue is whether the Boards impose, per Drug Act offense, the one year maximum…