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Covid -19 and Health Care Disciplinary Process
Dear Client, I hope this email finds you safe, well, and working. The covid-19 virus is creating widespread and appropriate panic throughout the healthcare world. It is wreaking havoc in the economy, our communities, and in the legal world. All local district...DWI and DUI Charges for Sleeping in a Car
Practicing medical professionals face many competing social and professional interests. Nurses, doctors, pharmacists, researchers, and/or hospital managers participate in celebratory personal or work related social events in which consuming alcohol can be described as...Emergency Health Care Employer Meeting Requests
If you are a physician or other healthcare provider working at a hospital, hospital administrations protect the hospital at the expense of its employees or independent attending physicians. Local, state and federal governments monitor hospitals and large institutional...Extreme Consequences — Irregular Behavior
A ESMLE/ECFMG client was recently found to have engaged in irregular behavior. This determination is now part of the client’s permanent USMLE history. The score report is cancelled and the USMLE transcript contains a notation of the finding of irregular...Notice of a Federal Criminal Investigation into a Medical Practice
A federal criminal target letter from a local United States Attorney notifies a potential defendant that they are the “target of” an FBI, DEA, or other governmental agency criminal investigation. Target letters say “you are the target” and place the...USMLE — Irregular Behavior
WOW — Only in this quasi-governmental agency can a United States medical student be accused of conduct, be determined to have committed “irregular behavior”, but not be permitted to see the evidence against them or cross examine the USMLE staff...CHRIA — Criminal Convictions, Expungments, License Applications
The Pennsylvania’s Criminal History Record Information Act (CHRIA) 18 Pa.C.S.A. § 9124 controls how public and private entities use Pennsylvania criminal arrest and conviction records. CHRIA controls how potential employers and Pennsylvania’s...Drug Possession, Disorderly Conduct, Crimes of Moral Turpitude… Commonwealth Court Speaks Up
Today the Commonwealth Court issues another remarkable decision involving a Pennsylvania medical professional. Dunagan v. BPOA, 2019 WL 155879, is the third case in a row in which a Commonwealth Court panel has found a Pennsylvania medical related board engaged...What is a Petition for Appropriate Relief
A Petition for Appropriate Relief (“PAR”) is a licensing board prosecution motion, presented to a licensing board committee, alleging an emergent need to suspend a licensee’s license. PARs target licensees currently on PHMP disciplinary probation,...
