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DUI ARD, Prior Offense, Sentencing Enhancement, Repeat Offender
Recidivist sentencing enhancement statutes continue to be declared unconstitutional based upon relatively recent US Supreme Court cases. In 2000 the U.S. Supreme Court decided State v. Apprendi. There the Court states a criminal sentence must be based upon facts the...PA Wage and Collection Law, Covid 19 and Nurses Working Excessive Hours
A long-term client called me today, and related the following story: Before Covid, she worked an average of three, 8 hour shifts for 24 hours. After Covid, she worked five or six, 12 hour shifts, routinely working 55 or 60 hours a week. However, her nursing home...Pennsylvania Licensing Boards Consensually Converting In-Person Hearings to Video Hearings
I received this Proposed Order via, appropriately, email today. The decision to allow a licensing board hearing to be conducted via video versus in person is the licensee’s. I strongly object. Both time and in person presentations of witnesses and evidence...PHMP — Covid-19 Emergency RecoveryTrek Procedures
Dear Participant, The purpose of this message is to inform you that PHMP is providing you with an alternative to undergoing sample collections at RecoveryTrek-approved collection sites in response to issues arising due to the COVID-19 epidemic. During the time period...Covod-19 Potential Exposure Risk Assessment
Interim U.S. Guidance for Risk Assessment and Public Health Management of Healthcare Personnel with Potential Exposure in a Healthcare Setting to Patients with Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Update: This Interim Guidance was updated and archived on April 12,...Is it Time to Terminate your PHMP Contract ? — End The Torture
I represent health care workers in Pennsylvania’s health care professional monitoring program. Some are voluntarily in the program. Some are forced. Some of my clients’ contracts have been extended from 3 to 5 to 7 years in either PNAP, SARPH, or PHP...Extended Pa Court Closures
PA Supreme Court Extends Judicial Emergency – All Courts Closed to Public Through April 30 The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has directed that the general, statewide judicial emergency declared in March is extended through April 30, 2020, and all Pennsylvania...Pennsylvania Suspends Certain Licensure Requirements for State Board of Psychology, and State Board of Social Work, Marriage and Family Therapy, and Professional Counselors
March 22, 2020 Pennsylvania Suspends Certain Licensure Requirements for State Board of Psychology, and State Board of Social Work, Marriage and Family Therapy, and Professional Counselors In order to increase the number of health-care practitioners available to...State Board of Nursing: Additional Temporary: License Renewal Waivers
March 27, 2020 State Board of Nursing: Additional Temporary Waivers Summary: The Department of State’s Bureau of Professional and Occupational Affairs (BPOA) requested, and Governor Wolf granted, waivers to several regulatory/statutory provisions related to the...
