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December 10, 2020 Posts

Effects of a DWI on a Texas Professional’s License

The effects of being convicted of Drinking While Intoxicated (a DWI) are profound no matter who receives it. But professionals are faced with a double-whammy: both receipt of the criminal charge of DWI and the likely loss of their professional license because of it. This means that not only are these professionals likely to face discrimination when seeking future employment because of a criminal conviction, but their current livelihoods might soon be swept out from...

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December 09, 2020 Posts

When Your Establishment is Accused of TABC Violations

It is a fundamental requirement of any Texas establishment that wants to sell alcohol that it successfully obtain a license from the state to do so. That license is granted by the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission (TABC), which was initially established in 1935 to regulate, inspect, and tax the sale, use, and production of alcoholic beverages. These days the Commission exists under the auspices of the 1977 Alcoholic Beverage Code for the same purposes. It...

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December 08, 2020 Posts

How Texas Dentists Can Combat Accusations of Insurance Fraud

Dentists who find they have been accused of insurance fraud in Texas are at risk of discipline and even of losing their licenses. If this happens to you, it is important that you immediately seek out an experienced dental license defense attorney who can make the case from the get-go that the medically necessary procedure you ordered does not meet the definition of fraud. The majority of dentists have entered into agreements with insurance carriers...

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December 07, 2020 Posts

When the Texas Board of Nursing Offers an Agreed Order

Every complaint made against Texas nurses is reviewed by the Texas Board of Nursing. At times this Board will offer an Agreed Order, which sets forth particular sanctions against a nurse. The Agreed Order is explicitly designed to describe the type of discipline to which a nurse who accepts it will be subjected. This includes any requirements the nurse under consideration will need to complete, such as any sort of remedial education, or a set...

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December 06, 2020 Posts

Fighting Accusations of Medical Insurance Fraud in Texas

When a Texas medical care provider is accused of not following the regulations they are required to follow in order to accept either private insurance, Medicare, or Medicaid, they have entered a potentially career-ending scenario. A medical care provider who has been determined to have committed such violations of regulations can face further problems, including accusations of criminal insurance fraud. And when the Texas Medical Board learns of this finding of fraud, it will proceed...

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December 05, 2020 Posts

When a Texas Licensing Board Refers Your Case to SOAH

Professional practitioners are often surprised to learn that Administrative hearings before the Texas State Office of Administrative Hearings (SOAH) are quite a lot like courtroom trials. These hearings are formalized such that in the course of the process, a practitioner fighting for their license will be given a chance to question witnesses, produce relevant evidence, and ultimately present their defense before an Administrative Law Judge (ALJ). Indeed, a normally-proceeding SOAH hearing will follow the following...

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December 04, 2020 Medical License Defense

Boards and Agencies Overseeing Medical Professionals in Texas

There are many different boards and agencies in Texas that exist to furnish Medical professionals with their licenses to practice their chosen professions. Each of these licensing organizations plays a large role—some might even say an outsized role—in the lives of its licensees. All licensing agencies and boards in Texas are designed putatively to protect the public from improper behaviors and maintenance performed by licensee practitioners who fall under the organizations’ jurisdictions. In the medical...

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December 03, 2020 Veterinarian License Defense

Which Veterinarians in Texas Must Register with the Drug Enforcement Agency?

Given the problems made manifest by the opioid crisis in Texas and all over America, the Drug Enforcement Agency has made it necessary for any practitioner of medical arts to register with the Agency to prescribe or dispense controlled substances. This applies not only to physicians administering care to humans but also to veterinarians. And the Texas Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners has reinforced this regime by adopting language in its rules that undergird the...

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December 02, 2020 Posts

What Effects Can a Medical Board Investigation Have on a Medical Practice in Texas?

They’ve been compared to a “black cloud” over a medical practice. They’ve been called “detrimental,” even when they resulted in findings of no harm done. They are the scourge of a Texas Medical Board investigation—which, when prosecuted by an overzealous board, can have extremely ill effects upon the careers of those they target. In fact, while most medical professionals fear medical malpractice suits (and this is the type of action the popular culture is more...

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December 01, 2020 Posts

Defending Nurses Accused of Acting Outside their Scope of Authority

The importance of nurses in the lives of all Texans cannot be overstated (particularly now). And the number of responsibilities they carry in providing their patients with care are nearly too many to count. They are the heart, the lifeblood, of the medical profession, because of the frequency and depth of their contact with the patients the profession exists to serve. Still, there are limits to the actions nurses are permitted to take since, for...

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