Professional License Defense Information Blog

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...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

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”...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...