Professional License Defense Information Blog

A recent federal court decision striking down the U.S. Department of Education’s 2025 “Dear Colleague” letter has created an important moment for educators across the country, particularly those who faced discipline,...

If you’re a licensed nurse, one thing you know beyond the shadow of a doubt is that you absolutely cannot access a patient’s electronic health record (EHR) if you’re not authorized to. They’ve been hammering on this point...

We recently wrote about the Florida nurse who went viral after posting a TikTok video wishing White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt would suffer a severe childbirth injury. Within days, she was fired from her hospital job,...

A Maryland OB-GYN was fined $500,000 for defrauding Medicare in a telemarketing scheme. In Florida and Alabama, physicians face prison terms and steep fines for participating in telemedicine schemes that took millions from...

Pharmacists handle life-saving medications every single day. Many of these drugs require strict temperature control from the moment they leave the manufacturer until they reach the patient. This unbroken temperature-controlled...

Artificial intelligence tools are permeating the Internet and changing the way many people interact with information online. The way that AI tools such as ChatGPT, Gemini, and Claude are able to summarize information in a...

A recent study from Japan supports conclusions reached in similar studies in the UK and the US that hospitals that have issues with nurse understaffing also have worse outcomes for patients. While it may seem obvious, the study...

With the advent of telemedicine, the nature of the doctor-patient relationship has become the focus of many state medical boards. While telehealth appointments with medical professionals with whom you have a pre-existing...

You might go your whole career without your licensing board asking you to sign a consent agreement. On the other hand, you might not. If a consent agreement is headed your way, you’ve got a decision to make: do you agree to its...

A nursing graduate applies for their license with a ten-year-old misdemeanor on their record. Since then, they finished school, passed exams, and collected strong references from supervisors. On paper, the application looks solid....

When healthcare professionals face a criminal conviction, many assume their career is over. But a recent federal fraud conviction involving a Midwest pharmacist suggests that isn’t always true. In fact, the outcome of a...

Thousands of Michigan doctors were within days of losing their licenses to practice before state lawmakers, who seemed lost in a procedural quagmire they themselves created over two very chaotic years, finally came to an agreement...

A Kentucky pharmacy, Med Save Pharmacy, and its owner and pharmacist-in-charge, J. Drane Stephens, are under scrutiny following the hospitalization of three children who received compounded prescriptions from the pharmacy. The...

In March 2026, Nevada regulators fined a physician, a pharmacist, and an unlicensed  “lifestyle coach” for providing peptide-based anti-aging injections at a Nevada Festival. The Nevada Pharmacy Board fined a physician and a...

The Texas Medical Board (TMB) is reminding providers to be careful of HIPAA violations when they use their personal cell phones at work. TMB appreciates that the devices make it easy to communicate with others on a medical team,...

Healthcare providers in Texas experience undue stress when the state’s medical licensing board notifies them of a complaint. It doesn’t have to be this way, writes TMB president Dr. Sherif Zaafran in the...

If you fail to mention a past professional license issue during your interview, hoping the new potential employer won’t find it, this is a must-read. A recent report shows how a nurse continued working after disciplinary...

Ongoing teacher shortages in Colorado have driven lawmakers toward a bipartisan effort to remove licensing barriers for out-of-state teachers. Senate Bill 126, if passed, seeks to ease requirements for educators while enacting...

With the advent of telemedicine, the nature of the doctor-patient relationship has become the focus of many state medical boards. While telehealth appointments with medical professionals with whom you have a pre-existing...

A recent disciplinary case highlights an issue that appears across many licensed professions: allegations of unnecessary or excessive treatment. In one case, a dentist was accused of recommending and performing procedures that...