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February 02, 2021 Posts

Types of Discipline to Which a Texas Child Care Operation May be Subject

Child care operations in Texas are subject to various rules and regulations, as well as licensure and maintenance of license, under Texas Child Care Licensing, a subdivision of the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services, which is itself a subsidiary of Texas Health and Human Services. Child Care Licensing is charged with investigating any complaints or allegations of violations of the state licensing standards, laws, and rules regarding child care and placement, and with...

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February 01, 2021 Posts

Petitioning The Texas Board of Nursing For Reinstatement of License

When a nurse has their license revoked by the Texas Board of Nursing, or has surrendered it willingly, it may feel like the end. But, in some circumstances, the Board may be understanding and permit a nurse to have their license reinstated. Of course, this will come with some prerequisite actions on the nurse’s part. The criteria for reinstatement requires that any evidence a nurse puts forward must indicate that permitting the nurse to practice...

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January 31, 2021 Posts

Defending Your Texas Equine Dental Provider’s License

Specialists in equine dentistry perform a remarkable service for the horses and horse-owners of Texas. While equine dentistry can be done by licensed veterinarians and veterinary technicians (in the latter case, only when a veterinarian is supervising and directing them), there is a special license for Equine Dental Providers. And the loss of that license can mean a devastating blow to a practitioner’s career. Equine Dental Providers in Texas are approved to perform procedures in...

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January 30, 2021 Posts

When a Texas Electrician’s License Comes Under Fire

Electricians in Texas are licensed at various levels and types of license—and some people who perform electrical work are even exempt from licensure! All those who earn their electrical license, whichever type, are extremely skilled at working with the components of electrical science and the inner workings of the buildings of Texas. But all the hard work an electrician has done to earn their license can be undone by a single complaint by a customer....

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January 29, 2021 Posts

Defending an Audiologist’s License Against Formal Complaint in Texas

Given the amount of education required by the state of Texas to earn licensure as an audiologist or a speech-language pathologist, it is no small thing to learn that a complaint has been filed against one’s license. After years of intensive education and clinical training that has been laser-focused on studying, diagnosing, and treating hearing disorders, loss of hearing, and other medical issues of an audiological bent, a professional earns their license from the Texas...

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January 28, 2021 Posts

When a Texas Nurse is Issued a Board Order

The licenses of nurses in the state of Texas are governed by the Texas Board of Nursing. This Board has been granted the authority to oversee and discipline any nurse found to have behaved in contradiction to the standards of the profession, or who has violated Board rules or the Nursing Practice Act. Such a scenario results in the Board issuing a Board Order to the licensee. These Board Orders are descriptions of the case...

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January 27, 2021 Posts

Forms of Discipline a Texas Professional May Face From a Licensing Board

The licensing boards of Texas govern the standards, rules, and practices of the professions they have been entrusted by the legislature with overseeing. As such, every licensed practitioner who falls under their power is subject to their decision-making, first by jumping through the boards’ hoops in order to become licensed in the first place, then in maintaining their ability to continue practicing. When a formal complaint is filed with a licensing board against a professional’s...

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January 26, 2021 DSHS License Defense

Defending Your Emergency Medical Services License in Texas

The Emergency Medical Services professionals of Texas are licensed by the Texas Department of State Health Services. This means that those who earn the five levels of EMS licensure—Licensed Paramedics, EMT-Paramedics, Advanced EMTs, EMT-Basic and Emergency Care Attendants—are subject to oversight by the Board, even long after their license has been issued. Sometimes someone, either another professional in the industry or a member of the public, will file a formal complaint against the license of...

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January 25, 2021 Posts

Common Reasons Texas Pharmacists Face Formal Discipline

Pharmacists in Texas are licensed by the Texas State Board of Pharmacy, as are pharmacies and pharmacy technicians. As the organization in charge of maintaining the professional standards in the state’s pharmacy industry, the Board is also charged with processing formal complaints and with disciplining its license-holders when they are found to have violated standards, rules, or the law. The sorts of complaints the Board of Pharmacy receives are legion, received from members of the...

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January 24, 2021 Posts

When an Athletic Trainer Must Fight a Formal Complaint in Texas

Athletic Trainers have themselves engaged in training so that they might be able to help the people of Texas to improve and maintain their health and vitality. It’s an important service they provide to Texans of all ages, and they put their hearts and souls into it. This is why it can be such a blow when they find someone has filed a formal complaint against their license to practice with the Texas Department of...

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