Not every encounter with your state's Nursing Board will be the same. In some scenarios, the board may give you a slap on the wrist for violating the board's code of conduct, and in others, the board could put your entire career in jeopardy. When nurses are first faced with the decision of how t...

It takes over a decade to get a medical degree and even longer to build a practice and reputation. Unfortunately, it takes only a momentary bad decision to get a DUI or DWI that might jeopardize your hard work. You could lose your medical license if you're charged with driving under the influence...

Licensed professionals put huge resources into their careers. Whether you have a medical license, a law license, or maybe your license has something to do with child development services, you don't want to do anything that may jeopardize your job or your license once you have it. Unfortunately, ...

An Ohio pharmacist is the center of much controversy after losing her license for taking two capsules for a headache. Reports indicate that the 67-year-old pharmacy co-owner has lost her license and retired early following a brief lapse in judgment. The woman sought the help of a nurse friend to ...

Recent workplace guidance released by New Jersey's state agency that oversees cannabis has many employers confused about disciplining employees who are high at work. The Cannabis Regulatory Commission issued the interim guidance while it continues to create more permanent regulations. Since canna...

Learning you've been accused of committing fraud on a federal or state healthcare program can be shocking. Before you realize it, your reputation is irreparably damaged. Your livelihood is on the line. Your freedom may even be in jeopardy. Given how seriously the government takes claims of health...

A professional license is a person's livelihood. When you learn your license is under investigation, suspension and even revocation may be on the line. Discovering such an investigation can be shocking, but it usually doesn't come without warning. Sometimes, though, undercover investigations are ...

A doctor in Washington has been suspended after multiple patients have come forward with allegations of sexual assault. Court documents reveal that the alleged assaults all took place in his office at a medical center in Port Angeles. Three patients say they were subjected to inappropriate commen...

A doctor in Florida is under house arrest for writing false prescriptions. Detectives launched an investigation this spring following reports that the physician was writing illegitimate promethazine codeine syrup and oxycodone prescriptions. She was caught after prescribing the drugs to undercove...

The COVID-19 pandemic has been at the front of our collective minds for nearly three years. Amidst the lockdowns, regulations, and vaccine debates, health misinformation has grown tremendously. For better or for worse, doctors, nurses, and other healthcare professionals have sounded off online an...

If you're licensed as a nurse, you don't have to be told that your credentials are hard-won. You have spent years in study and practical application, and your nurse's license itself indicates that you are worthy of the public trust. It comes as little surprise, then, that having your license susp...

The Tennessee Board of Medical Examiners has suspended the license of a Jackson hematology and oncology doctor for the second time. The first suspension came in 2014 due to “unprofessional, dishonorable or unethical conduct” and “engaging in the practice of medicine when mentally or physically un...

A nurse in Kelowna, British Columbia has been suspended for accessing a patient's medical records. The British Columbia College of Nurses and Midwives (BCCNM) says the nurse admitted to “practice issues” – namely, accessing the medical records of a person to whom she had no work-related connectio...

A nurse in England has been suspended for six months after stealing a box of paracetamol for her sick husband. The woman was working at Grimsby's Diana Princess of Wales Hospital in August 2018 when she visited the controlled drugs storage room while on leave and without permission. The Nursing a...

A Canadian nurse has agreed to a voluntary suspension after she was caught creating fake COVID-19 vaccination cards. The decision comes as part of a consent agreement between the nurse and the British Columbia College of Nurses and Midwives. “The registrant presented varied versions of events t...

A nurse is facing serious backlash after posting a video on social media of herself crying upon the loss of a patient. In the now-deleted TikTok video, the nurse leans against the wall, reminding herself to shake it off and keep going. Commenters quickly called out the creator for making an emoti...

You have worked hard to acquire your teaching credentials, and you've worked even harder to establish a good teaching record at the school where you teach. You're on track to achieve tenure—and then, the unthinkable happens. Someone files a complaint with the state licensing board, and your teach...

If you're a physician, it's a scary proposition even to think about the prospect of losing your license to practice. After all, you've invested many years and thousands of dollars into your education and training, not to mention the years you spent in your residency and treating patients. But the...

It's a nightmare scenario, to be sure. After spending years building your career as a licensed physician, dentist, nurse, accountant, or other working professional, you receive notice from the state licensing that someone has filed a complaint against you for alleged wrongdoing, and your license ...

The threat of losing your professional license can be devastating, leaving you with a sense of being cast aside by peers in your life's work. For most professionals, what they do goes far beyond making a living: It's the culmination of years of study and hard work towards something they were call...

So, your medical license has been suspended. The good news is that it hasn't been revoked. The bad news is that you need to keep up to date with an industry in which you cannot currently work. One of the questions attorneys are asked on a regular basis is whether a physician with a suspended medi...

Professionals don't generally think of the critical role and enormous value of their professional license until facing a license discipline threat. Then huge stress hits. That stress is fully understandable. Losing a professional license, or even suffering a brief license suspension or mere licen...

Licensed professionals spend years dedicated to their careers. When they lose their license, many are left wondering about the future. Physicians, dentists, nurses, pharmacists, and other licensed professionals perform vitally important jobs. Because these jobs have such high stakes, their client...