Posts Tagged ‘Pennnsylvania Medial Board’
This is the time for CRNP’s
Nurse practitioner positions are projected to grow by 46% by 2033, the Bureau of Labor Statistics found.The bureau gathered employment data for five nursing positions in 2024, including the projected growth for their job titles in the next 10 years. The latest data was released April 18 and is up to date as of May…
Read MoreAct 53 of 2020…. Time for Reinstatement
We all know that a felony Drug Act conviction requires the healthcare boards in Pennsylvania to suspend a license for 10 years. https://phila-criminal-lawyer.com/drug-act-issues/felony-drug-convictions/ However, in 2020, a new law came into effect. Act 53 of 2020 provides that “the addition of [Section 3113] … shall apply to official acts and matters, including disciplinary matters, related…
Read MoreAmazing Dangers In Emergency Rooms
Hospitals are installing protective devices so cars do not crash into emergency rooms. https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/legal-regulatory-issues/texas-eyes-placing-car-barriers-in-front-of-eds.html?utm_campaign=bhr&utm_source=website&utm_content=latestarticles Hospitals are hiring security guards and off duty police to protect their employees. City Health Center staff member shot be patient. https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/hospital-killing-shows-safety-gap-in-mental-health/89175/ Nursing homes are statutorily required to increase staffing ratios because patient safety was at risk. https://www.pa.gov/agencies/health/facilities/in-patient-healthcare-facilities/nursing-homes/regulations.html My clients call…
Read MorePrivacy Issues for Small Pharmacies and Medical Practices
In Florida, and all over the country, public entities are filing nuisance law suits over opiates, corresponding responsibility violations of doctors and pharmacists, seeking to recover the costs to the community. Small business are swept up in sweeping civil nuisance law suits by local governments. I represent one pharmacy subpoenaed to produce 10 years of…
Read MoreI Could Give This Physician Some Advice
Doctors that trade unnecessary prescriptions of scheduled narcotics – or any other drug – for sex will go to jail and will face an Immediate Temporary Suspension (ITS) of their medical license. The ITS process emergently suspends the physician, nurse, pharmacist’s license, allows for a hearing in 30 days, and suspends the license only for…
Read MoreRuan and How the Courts and Prosecutors are Managing it
Translating this case into my client’s legal defense is easy. Having handled many physician prescribing prosecutions, long-term physician patient relationships are easily documents through chart reviews. Medically appropriate prescriptions can only be proven through clear charts, well documented and proper physical examinations, objective medical tests and diagnostic imaging. Call me to discuss your case, your patient load, your prescribing history, any state or federal DEA investigatory subpoenas. Lets talk about debarment, public or private health insurance audits and claw backs for care properly rendered and medically necessary.
Read MoreDAUPHIN COUNTY ARD RULES CHANGE DURING COVID
Ard rules for Dauphin County
Read MoreImmediate Temporary Suspensions of Medical Licenses — Fight Every One
Pennsylvania physicians, pharmacists and nurses currently practice in an extreme enforcement environment. Every medical professional charged with a criminal offense could face severe license discipline. One out of four (25%) of Pennsylvania’s health care related disciplinary cases start with Board prosecutors filing Immediate Temporary Suspension (“ITS”) petitions to emergently suspend the professional’s license. If you…
Read MoreMedical Marijuana, Health-Care students, NO Reasonable Accommodation
I write extensively about medical marijuana and health care related employment. https://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 Pennsylvania. I write and litigate extensively about Pennsylvania’s health related boards’ alcohol and drug impairment program (the VRP, PHMP, and PNAP, SARPH, and the PHP). https://phila-criminal-lawyer.com/phmp/…
Read MorePennsylvania’s Updated Use of Prior Criminal Records In Licensing Decisions
On June 24 2020, the General Assembly enacted Senate Bill 637 which reforms occupational licensing by getting rid of outdated criminal record restrictions for the professions and occupations which are regulated by boards and commissions within the Bureau of Professional and Occupational Affairs (BPOA). Prior state law perpetuated racial disparities in arrests in the…
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