On behalf of Hark and Hark | May 29, 2019 | Blog, Dui, Firm News, Medical Nursing, Professional License Application, Professional License Issues
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...
On behalf of Hark and Hark | Apr 11, 2019 | Blog, Drug Crimes, Firm News, Medical Nursing, Pennsylvania Criminal Law, Philadelphia Criminal Justice Updates, Professional License Application, Professional License Issues
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...
On behalf of Hark and Hark | Apr 2, 2019 | Firm News, Medical Nursing, Pennsylvania Criminal Law, Professional License Issues
In my last blog I wrote about real estate applicant who failed to disclose on his Real Estate Commission application a criminal conviction. Upon discovery the Commission revoked his license and the Commonwealth Court approved of the action. Today’s blog involves...
On behalf of Hark and Hark | Mar 5, 2019 | Drug Crimes, Firm News, Medical Nursing, Pennsylvania Criminal Law, Professional License Application, Professional License Issues
Board prosecutors file petitions called an Immediate Temporary Suspension (“ITS”) petition to temporarily and immediately suspend licensees ability to practice their profession. These petitions are typically reserved for Drug Act investigations or sexual...
On behalf of Hark and Hark | Mar 2, 2019 | Criminal Defense, Firm News, Medical Nursing, Pennsylvania Criminal Law, Philadelphia Criminal Justice Updates, Professional License Application, Professional License Issues
On February 28, 2019 Commonwealth Court issued a decision reversing a Pennsylvania Medical Board order reprimanding a physician. The order reprimanding the physician stems from a medical malpractice case. The patient died and the Medical Board accused the physician of...
On behalf of Hark and Hark | Feb 11, 2019 | Firm News, Medical Nursing, Professional License Issues
The PHMP, it’s caseworkers, and director Kevin Knipe’s treatment of licensees is a major topic of my blogs and website. I routinely field inquiries regarding false positive drug tests, chain of custody issues, and other PHMP claimed violations. How do I...
On behalf of Hark and Hark | Jan 30, 2019 | Drug Crimes, Firm News, Medical Nursing, Professional License Application, Professional License Issues
How do you get out of Pennsylvania’s Professional Health Monitoring Program (“PHMP”). The PHMP administers both the Voluntary Recovery Program “VRP” and the Disciplinary Monitoring Program (“DMU”). As a licensed professional...
On behalf of Hark and Hark | Jan 23, 2019 | Blog, Firm News, Medical Nursing, Professional License Application, Professional License Issues
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,...
On behalf of Hark and Hark | Jan 12, 2019 | Firm News, Medical Nursing, Professional License Issues
The Philadelphia Inquirer announces New Jersey Medical Board suspends the medical license of Anthony Anzalone, M.D. — Dr. Marijuana. This is the region’s first medical license suspension case involving a physician violating newly enacted medical marijuana...
On behalf of Hark and Hark | Dec 24, 2018 | Firm News, Medical Nursing, Philadelphia Criminal Justice Updates, Professional License Issues
A Petition for an Immediate Temporary Suspension is a unique tool in licensing boards’ arsenal of prosecutorial petitions. The prosecutor alleges facts, which if taken as true, establish the licensee’s continue practice of their profession presents...
