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Should an Employed Medical Care Provider Buy Professional Insurance?

October 22, 2020Posts

From time to time, we encounter a physician or other medical care provider who is not self-employed and believes that they are covered by their employer should they be investigated or put through some form of administrative hearing against their license to practice. Sometimes they are not or were not. Other times they have in fact, been covered by their employer—but this fact no longer matters. Each of these scenarios is highly problematic for various...

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Reporting an Address Change to the Board of Nursing

October 21, 2020Posts

When a licensed nurse moves their domicile, they risk the possibility that the Board of Nursing will lose track of their address of record. This would be problematic for several reasons. For one thing, the Board of Nursing requires that all nurses—and those in the process of applying to become nurses—give the Board notice in writing of their change of address within ten days of the change, along with the details of their new address...

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When a Texas Firefighter is Fighting for Their License

October 20, 2020Posts

Firefighters are true Texas heroes. We honor and admire the risks they must routinely take to keep Texans safe and protect our homes and properties. The road they travel to become a firefighter is no picnic either—which is why it can be genuinely troubling when a firefighter is forced to defend their right to continue practicing their lifesaving job. The licensure of firefighters in Texas is governed by the Texas Commission on Fire Protection. This...

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Minor Infractions Before the Texas Medical Board

October 19, 2020Posts

When a physician is up against the possibility of being disciplined by the Texas Medical Board, they are in a dire situation indeed. Disciplinary actions by the Board may put a medical professional’s career in jeopardy—even if, by the physician’s reckoning, the infraction before the Board is a relatively minor one. The fact is, the Texas Medical Board is empowered with authority to seek severe penalties regardless of the violation put before them. The Board...

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Handling a Complaint Against Your Attempt at Medical Licensure

October 18, 2020Medical License Defense Posts

When someone applies for a medical license in Texas, it means they have already run the gauntlet: years of college, years of medical school, tests galore. And then they run up against the procedural requirements for licensure: application, documentation, fees. The Texas Medical Board makes them go through two stages: screening and licensing. Screening is the period of document collection from the applicant; once every document is received by the Board, the licensing stage begins....

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Are They Really “Informal?”: Charges Before the Texas Medical Board

October 17, 2020Professional License Defense Posts

Each complaint received by the Texas Medical Board goes through an investigation process. Sometimes this process is blessedly brief—as when the Board examines a complaint and determines that it does not rise to the level of being an infraction worthy of pursuit. But when the Board decides a complaint merits further investigation—particularly when there has been a potential violation of the Medical Practices Act or the standard of care—things get real. In the latter case,...

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What to Do When an Investigation Becomes Formal Charges Against Your License

October 16, 2020Posts

While the complaint resolution process undertaken by each licensing body in Texas is unique, there are some general steps that can act as a guide for action across the board. For example, the first step a licensing board in Texas will usually take after receiving a formal complaint against a licensee is to undertake an initial investigation to determine whether the charges made are within its competence to examine and whether there appears to be...

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How a Licensed Dietitian Should Handle a TDLR Complaint

October 15, 2020Posts

Dietitians serve the people of Texas with their high level of knowledge on food issues, counseling citizens on how to lead healthy lifestyles, and reach health goals using what they eat. These professionals are highly trained going through an education program in dietetics, followed by their dietetic internship, then the Texas jurisprudence examination, and, at long last, licensure as an RD in Texas. So, it can be a highly distressing situation for them to find...

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Handling a Complaint Against Your Texas Architecture License

October 14, 2020Professional License Defense Posts

Texas Architects shape the world in which the rest of us live, do business, and engage in recreation. In many ways, they combine a deep comprehension of human sociology with the art of individual living—using the science of spatial relations. Getting to this place in their careers requires a great deal of schooling and apprenticeship, as well as learning a great number of regulations designed to preserve the safety of those who will be using...

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Texas Veterinarians—Dealing With a Compliance Inspection

October 13, 2020Posts

Every veterinarian practicing in the state of Texas is subject, as a matter of course, to what is known as a “compliance inspection.” These compliance inspections are on-site inspections that may take place, unannounced, at any time, and that are utilized by the licensing authority to ensure that there are not any issues going on at a veterinary office. The Texas Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners, which is the oversight board responsible for licensure and...

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