Knowledge is power, and this blog is dedicated to providing the most updated information on Professional License Defense issues, concerns, and related topics. It's the Lento Law Firm's goal for you to use the information on this site, including the profession-specific pages, to help you understand your rights, obligations, and the best course of action for your Professional License Defense case.
People in the healthcare industry are burning out and feeling more unsatisfied than ever. Between Increasing administrative demands, new technologies, and ever-increasing regulations, physicians spend much less of their time treating patients and more time working at a computer. Coupled with the ...
Getting a professional license is no easy task; it requires years of hard work, dedication, and sacrifice. With all of the effort required to obtain a professional license, it may seem crazy to suggest that some people—whether consciously or subconsciously—sabotage their own careers in a way that...
A Minnesota substitute teacher is facing license suspension over an alleged altercation with a student in the fall of 2021. According to reports and documentation from Minnesota's Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board, the teacher allegedly became physical with a student over a pen ...
Pennsylvania Prosecutors Demand Nurses Admit Credentials Fraud The Operation Nightingale nursing school scandal is rocking Pennsylvania's nursing profession. A Pennsylvania prosecutor representing the state's Bureau of Professional and Occupational Affairs has sent notices demanding that nurses ...
For a massage therapist, an allegation of inappropriate touching can be career-ending. A Scottsdale, Arizona, massage therapist recently experienced this reality firsthand when a woman filed a complaint accusing him of inappropriately touching her during a session. News outlets reported that the...
Washington Suspends DC Nursing Licenses State licensing officials nationwide have been investigating the educational credentials of nurses involved in the FBI's Operation Nightingale nursing school fraud scandal. Washington, DC licensing officials, though, are taking the next step to summarily s...
For the sake of public safety, physicians are bound by strict regulations when it comes to prescribing medications--and there are no "exceptions" to the rules when family members are involved. A doctor can risk losing their license to practice for any prescription violation, even if it's a "bendi...
The Florida nursing school scandal is now threatening more New Jersey nursing licenses. New Jersey's Board of Nursing now demands documentation under oath from a broader list of nurses having any connection with the now-closed but previously accredited Florida nursing school. Call 888.535.3686 o...
Nationwide Nurse Licensure Compact Nurses in Virginia and thirty-eight other jurisdictions have the great advantage of licensing under the nationwide Nurse Licensure Compact. Virginia and each other participating state issue their own nursing licenses. You must generally have a Virginia nursing ...
A Florida physician is under investigation after being accused of trading prescribed controlled substances for sexual favors. Two of his patients came forward with allegations that the doctor encouraged them to provide sexual favors in exchange for writing much-needed prescriptions. Behind closed...
Maryland Board of Nursing Summons The Florida nursing school scandal is threatening the licenses of Maryland nurses. Maryland's Board of Nursing is now issuing summonses to nurses with suspect credentials from six Florida nursing schools closed in the wake of the FBI's Operation Nightingale. Tho...
As a licensed health professional, your license and career are at their most vulnerable when your patients are at their most vulnerable--specifically, when you're engaging in physical contact through examinations, and especially when examining or touching sensitive areas of the patient's anatomy....
The Florida nursing school scandal alleged in the FBI's Operation Nightingale is now unfortunately affecting nurses with legitimate credentials from schools having nothing to do with the scandal. Operation Nightingale's aftershocks are threatening the licenses and employment of nurses nationwid...
Professional licensing and employment issues can arise for many reasons--even issues that aren't your fault, and even in situations where you're actually a victim. A New York City nurse recently learned this firsthand when false accusations of domestic violence against her threatened her job and ...
A Wisconsin physician is back to work following a 30-day suspension for falsifying his COVID-19 vaccine status. The man falsely claimed that he and his family were vaccinated at his clinic. When false records were uncovered, he stated that he developed natural immunity to the disease. The Wiscons...
A former nurse in Colorado is being held on a $1 million bond after sexually abusing unconscious female patients and recording the assaults. The 61-year-old man worked at St. Mary's Medical Center for more than a decade before his arrest. A witness told police they saw him taking photos of an unc...
As a working licensed professional, you have worked hard to earn your credentials and maintain the trust of your clients. But could something you're not even directly responsible for, such as the misconduct of your spouse or partner, somehow result in disciplinary action against you? The short a...
A nurse who practiced for more than 15 years lost her license, her job, and her home after the nursing board claimed she never got a degree in nursing as she claimed. Justine Salazar initially tried to sue the Community College of Denver (CCD), where she had purportedly received her associate's d...
Whether you are a doctor, lawyer, pharmacist, or other licensed professional, you have always delivered top-tier services with the utmost integrity and professionalism. Nevertheless, someone used underhanded tactics to make you do something unethical or illegal that has jeopardized your license a...
A traveling nurse from Kentucky who was allowed to continue practicing in Tennessee despite criminal charges of allegedly stealing narcotics has finally had her nursing license revoked. Jacqueline Brewster lost her license to practice in Kentucky and West Virginia after she allegedly stole narco...
Thousands of nurses and nursing students nationwide are receiving notices that their nursing education may have been fraudulent. The notices, triggered by the Department of Health & Human Services' Operation Nightingale enforcement action against several now-closed Florida nursing schools, thre...
Allegations of a mammoth fraud scheme have rocked the nursing profession. The U.S. Department of Health & Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG) has alleged that several Florida nursing schools sold fake nursing diplomas and transcripts to over 7,600 individuals, many of them Haitian-Am...
As a professional, you understand how vital it is to your reputation, your livelihood, and even your family's well-being to stay on top of maintaining your professional license. When it comes time to renew your license, you make certain that you have filed all the paperwork with plenty of time to...
The sanctity of the doctor-patient relationship is one that most state licensing boards seek to protect fiercely. Case in point: a Maryland doctor recently had his license temporarily suspended over a consensual sexual relationship with an employee whom he had also treated as a patient--even thou...
Several labor & delivery nurses are out of a job after they posted videos on TikTok of them complaining about maternity patients. The nurses worked for Emory University Hospital in Atlanta, Georgia, and they posted their dislike videos following a trend of TikTok users sharing their "icks." The ...
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