Professional License Defense Information Blog

The Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (SCRA) is a federal law that provides numerous protections applicable in various settings. These include areas such as legal proceedings, housing, and recognition of occupational licenses. These...

Nursing is a demanding, high-stakes profession, and the pressure of the job may lead some nurses to struggle with alcohol or drugs. Ideally, when a nurse is dealing with substance use concerns, they should be able to seek help...

A Washington pharmacist has been suspended from practice after being accused of professional misconduct. Sandra Lee Symington Bang has been accused of falsifying prescriptions in order to obtain medications for personal use. In...

A Rhode Island nursing assistant recently found himself abruptly suspended from practice after allegations of inappropriate touching surfaced at the Bristol healthcare facility where he was employed. The Department of Health moved...

The San Antonio medical community is in shock after an experienced pediatrician was accused of sexually assaulting one of his patients. The Texas Medical Board found the allegations credible enough to suspend Dr. Gabriel...

Medical professionals are generally well-acquainted with the reality of “false positive” test results. The dangers of false positives for many types of medical screening are well documented. Notably, they can lead to...

Dr. Pasha Sanders, an oral surgeon in the Houston area, was named as a defendant in a wrongful death lawsuit, where she also faces medical malpractice charges. 33-year-old Donzell Jarrod Conrad visited a Castle Dental branch in...

A new study in JAMA Pediatrics raises serious concerns about conditions in neonatal intensive care units (NICUs). Researchers found that when one nurse is responsible for three infants instead of two, the odds of missed care...

As a licensed professional, you know what you’re doing. You’re highly trained in your field, you know how to solve difficult problems, and you probably have excellent communication and organizational skills. And yet....

Being accused by your licensing board can feel like being on trial—but it’s not the same. Your board’s goal isn’t to punish—it’s to protect the public. They want to know that you understand what...

Whether you’re working shifts at a clinic or hospital, meeting regular patients at a doctor’s office, or moving from place to place as a travel nurse, you’ve probably seen enough on the job to know how easily...

When a medical emergency is caught on camera and shared online, the fallout can be immediate and intense. A video recently recorded at a Texas hospital has gone viral, sparking national conversations about maternal care, racial...

Our admiration for school nurses is great. After all, they stand on the front lines of child and adolescent health, helping students manage illness, infection, and injury. They perform a critical role in public health, often...

The Montana labor department is facing difficulties deciding on the best companies to execute its professional assistance programs for healthcare providers. The company, currently under contract to run the Montana Recovery Program...

A group of doctors and nurses in Montana has filed a class-action lawsuit against the company that the state has designated to run the Montana Recovery Program for medical professionals struggling with addiction. The lawsuit...

Although the COVID-19 pandemic has been declared over for multiple years now, healthcare workers are still not seeing a break. Across the country, research suggests that doctors and nurses are facing longer hours and heavier...

Rayna Letourneau, a nursing industry leader, introduces a discussion forum on a medical news website popular with healthcare workers, with the note that the “countless tasks, decisions, and interruptions” nurses have to deal...

“I’m a good nurse, but I made a mistake and now I’m worried about keeping my license.” If you’ve found your way to this blog, you might be saying exactly this. Maybe you’ve made an error in a...

When you work with an experienced license defense attorney from the LLF National Law Firm’s Professional License Defense Team, you get the benefit of the years of experience that our other team members have earned helping...

A disturbing pattern has emerged in hospitals across the country: clinicians are being discouraged from testing patients for infections — or from reporting confirmed cases to government authorities. If you’re facing...