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What Happens After a Texas Veterinarian Receives Notice of a Complaint

February 12, 2021Posts

Veterinarians in Texas go through years of education and training to obtain the chops to do the job. And at the end of this long, arduous process comes licensure. The organization that licenses Veterinarians in Texas is the Texas Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners, which also maintains the integrity of the profession by accepting and prosecuting formal complaints made against licensed practitioners. A complaint can, at times, result in the loss of a veterinarian's license....

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When a Texas Chiropractor is Accused of Unprofessional Conduct

February 11, 2021Professional License Defense Posts

In the state of Texas, chiropractors are licensed by the Texas Board of Chiropractic Examiners, an agency whose mission is to "promote, preserve, and protect the health, safety, and welfare of the people of Texas by licensing skilled professionals and enforcing standards of practice." A major means it uses to enforce its dictates is by accepting formal complaints from the public and others within the profession against its licensees who are alleged to have broken...

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Professional Counselors in Texas and the Complaint Process

February 10, 2021Posts

When someone files a formal complaint against a professional counselor with the Texas State Board of Examiners of Professional Counselors—a subsidiary organization to the Texas Behavioral Health Executive Council—it puts the counselor's career, livelihood, and reputation on the line. No counselor wants to see go to waste all of the dedication they have put into their training on how to help their fellow Texans through the difficult issues they confront in their lives. Yet this...

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Texas Nurses Risking Discipline for Failing to Get Continuing Education

February 09, 2021Posts

The Texas Board of Nursing takes the regulation of its licensees very seriously. It is responsible not just for the initial licensure of nurses—in the course of which it naturally takes into account the quality and amount of prospective nurses' education—but for ensuring that every licensed nurse maintains the quality of care they are providing throughout their careers. And as part of this, we find the requirement that every nurse demonstrate their ongoing competency to...

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How a Texas Acupuncturist Can Defend Their License

February 08, 2021Medical License Defense Posts

The licensed acupuncturists of Texas work hard for years to earn their right to ease the pain of our citizens using time-tested techniques based in non-surgical and non-incisive methods, as well as herbal and dietary guidelines that are non-invasive yet effective. The Texas State Board of Acupuncture Examiners, a subsidiary organization of the Texas Medical Board, is the oversight authority for these practitioners. It maintains the profession using strong licensing regulations. A formal complaint made...

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When a Texas Doctor Would Like to Try for License Reinstatement

February 07, 2021Posts

The Texas Medical Board's regulation of medical practitioners includes many aspects. It has the responsibility of screening for initial licensure and of maintaining the standards of the profession by enforcing adherence to ongoing licensure requirements. This includes the right to suspend or revoke the licenses of physicians after a complaint has been made where it finds the physician to have broken a Board rule, to have violated the professional standard of care, or to have...

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What to Do if Your Texas Teacher’s License is at Risk

February 06, 2021Posts

If you're a Texas teacher, you are subject to the rules set by the State Board for Educator Certification, a subsidiary of the Texas Education Agency. This Board is charged with licensing teachers and maintaining the standards of teachers who work for the state of Texas. The citizens of Texas are beholden to teachers, who provide the educations that later make our work-lives possible, as well as setting in place the classroom structure that makes...

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Handling Complaints Against a Texas Dietitian’s License

February 05, 2021Posts

While there is no requirement in Texas to obtain a license in order to title oneself a "dietitian," anyone wishing to refer to oneself as a "Licensed Dietitian" or a "Provisionally Licensed Dietitian" must obtain a license from the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation. A practitioner of Dietetics is engaged in the application of up-to-date scientific information regarding the effects of food and nutrition on the human body and mind. This information is of...

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What Exactly IS a Texas Licensing Board?

February 04, 2021Posts

The state of Texas requires of many professionals that they both earn and maintain a license to practice in their given fields. There is a board, commission, or agency that defines the requirements to earn a license in the given field (often strongly informed by historical standards of competence as understood by experts within the fields) for each of these fields. Furthermore, once a professional earns their right to practice within their field, they must...

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How Not to Behave After Learning a Complaint Has Been Filed Against Your Professional License in Texas

February 03, 2021Posts

Learning that a formal complaint has been filed against your professional license can cause a cascade of negative emotions to flood over you—none of them pleasant. It can be tempting to take personal action against the individual who has made the complaint, or to make an impassioned plea with the licensing board or commission based in your emotions, or to bury your head in the sand and just believe that it will all pass over...

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