Complying with workplace safety laws and regulations can seem like a real pain. It often feels like a lot of bureaucracy for sometimes unlikely situations. Regardless of whether workplace safety regulations are designed to protect...
While healthcare practitioners are required by the Health Information Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) to keep patients’ health information confidential, mistakes happen. These can result in privacy breaches or...
There are a number of different licenses or registrations that those working in the financial services industry may hold. Most of these can be challenging to earn, requiring professionals to meet educational requirements and pass...
Nursing is more than a profession—it’s a mission. You’re on the front lines, making split-second choices, managing patient care, and handling nonstop pressure. It’s no wonder that substance abuse can be an...
In one of the UK’s most sensational murder cases, Lucy Letby was convicted of killing seven infants and attempting the murder of eight more after a string of suspicious infant deaths at the Countess of Chester Hospital in...
Nurses face some of the most challenging conditions among medical professionals. As a nurse, you must meet constant demands from patients, doctors, hospital administrators, and families. You often work long hours with excessive...
Licensed medical professionals—doctors, pharmacists, anesthesiologists, therapists, and others—are bound by ethical codes and regulatory standards. After years-long investments in rigorous academic and on-the-job training,...
If you are a licensed real estate agent or broker, it’s not at all unusual to find yourself in a dual agency situation – one where you and another professional employed by the company you work for are on both sides of a...
A chiropractor in Washington state is facing accusations of unprofessional conduct for allegedly placing a concealed camera in his clinic. The Chiropractic Quality Assurance Commission of the Washington State Department of Health...
Personal relationships between doctors and their patients are fraught with danger and can lead to serious consequences. A university doctor’s medical license was suspended for one year after he engaged in an inappropriate...
The Iowa Dental Board recently agreed to license a woman convicted of stealing nearly $81,000 from Iowa businesses. The Board will grant the woman a certificate of registration as an Iowa dental assistant to be subject to...
Nurses at St. Vincent’s Hospital in Worcester, Massachusetts, filed a complaint against the hospital, claiming that understaffing and other problems put their patients in danger. The Massachusetts Nurses Association (MNA)...
One Rhode Island nurse finds herself in the news, and not for a heroic act of healthcare. Instead, her license was suspended after she allegedly falsified a patient’s orders for medications. It’s a reminder that as a...
Some physicians who took online quizzes in December faced an agonizing evening wondering whether they would lose their board certification. The online certification program from the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology...
Tax season is upon us again! For the average taxpayer, taxes are confusing and stressful. As a tax preparer, you protect your clients from legal and financial trouble every tax season. Your professional license ensures you are...
A West Virginia doctor who for years prescribed addictive, dangerous drugs to patients for complaints outside his specialty has lost his medical license. Dr. Alexander Otellin, a psychiatrist, prescribed oxycodone to a patient for...
Sharon Louise Benson, a South Carolina elementary school teacher, faced a challenge many teachers know all too well: a sleeping student. Frustrated, she slapped the student twice to wake them up, knocking them out of their seat...
In October 2024, the Iowa Board of Behavioral Health Professionals suspended Tina Miner’s social worker license. Allegations of fraudulent billing and fictitious client files preceded this, including one for a client who had...
New York’s Forced Hospitalization Expansion: A Scope of Practice Risk for Medical Providers
March 25, 2025
New York Governor Kathy Hochul is pushing to expand forced hospitalization laws. This change opens the door for more professionals to conduct psychiatric evaluations for involuntary commitment. Currently, only psychiatrists can...
As a physical or occupational therapist, your license is your ticket to practice your trade in your state. If your licensing board suspends or revokes your license for any reason, you’ll find yourself suddenly out of a job,...