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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...HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONAL LICENSE RENEWAL EXTENSIONS — VERY IMPORTANT
March 27, 2020 COVID-19 License Renewal Extensions for Nurses and Others This document includes guidance for: State Board of Medicine State Board of Nursing State Board of Examiners of Nursing Home Administrators State Board of Barber Examiners` State Navigation...Revision to Pennsylvania Telemedicine Regulations
March 18, 2020 Pennsylvania Authorizes Licensed Health Care Professionals to Provide Services via Telemedicine During Coronavirus Emergency In order to increase the number of health care practitioners available to respond to the COVID-19 emergency and to ensure...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...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...Pennsylvania’s New DUI Laws – Penalties and Grading
I am reading the changes to 42 Pa.C.S.A. 9763, Pennsylvania’s new DUI law. Mandatory minimum sentences are now mandatory sentences! Mandatory house arrest/work release/rehab? The DUI sentencing law seems almost eviscerated. It also seems to conflict with the...Charting errors may lead to major trouble for nurses
Nurses have an enormous responsibility to patients when it comes to charting. According to HCPro, problems with documentation can result in lost revenue, poor quality care, fraudulent billing and the loss of a license. The nurses service organization points out that...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...Pennsylvania’s New Opioid Treatment Agreement Law
On Nov. 27, 2019 Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf sign into law Act 112 of 2019. This is Pennsylvania’s Opioid Treatment Agreement Law. It took immediate effect. The law requires prescribers to enter into an opioid patient treatment agreement before issuing the...
