The VRP terms and conditions are based upon licensees admitting to an addiction or impairment. Any licensee who agrees to the terms of this pre-Board ordered program without clearly understanding what they are doing risks their entire career.
I write extensively about medical marijuana and health care related employment. https://www.phila-criminal-lawyer.com/medical-marijuana/I write extensively about Pennsylvania’s Medical Marijuana Act and issues associated with securing a Medical Marijuana Card in...
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 employer was still only paying her 24 hours a week.
This is illegal. Pennsylvania’s Wage Payment and Collection Law gives powers and duties to every employee for the civil collection of wages. Pennsylvania Wage Payment and Collection Law provides for civil and criminal penalties including 10% and 25% escalating penalties for employers who fail to properly pay wages absent any good faith dispute.
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,...
I represent health care professionals in Pennsylvania’s health care monitoring program called teh PHMP, PNAP, SARPH, PHP. Some are int he program voluntarily. Some are forced. Some of my clients’ contracts have been extended from 3 to 5 to 7 years in either PNAP, SARPH, or the PHP for a minor, singular violations of their Consent Agreement or Board Order. Some of these extensions are forced or voluntarily entered. Call me.
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...
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...
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...
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 the Practice of Law and Pending Health Care Disciplinary Cases
