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Who Needs a CPA License in The State of Texas?

October 29, 2020Posts

Certified Public Accountants (CPAs) are vital players in the Texas economy—and as such, they are required to be licensed in order to practice their profession. The Texas State Board of Public Accountancy is charged with the oversight of the profession—ensuring CPAs comply with the Board’s Rules of Professional Conduct as well as the Texas Public Accountancy Act. Yet there are a number of “number-crunching” professions in Texas for whom a CPA license is not a...

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When Your Law License is Threatened by Claims of Attorney Misconduct

October 27, 2020Posts

Every Texas attorney knows well that the standards of our profession are strict—and rightly so. And yet sometimes an attorney will either run afoul of them or be inappropriately charged with having done so. When this occurs—and the allegations charge misconduct—the Office of Chief Disciplinary Counsel of the State Bar of Texas is dispatched to investigate and, potentially, to discipline the attorney with measures up to and including revocation of their license to practice law....

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When Must a Licensed Professional Engineer Be Involved in a Project?

October 25, 2020Posts

Much to their displeasure, we’re sure, it is not the case that the involvement of Professional Engineers is required for every single engineering project that takes place in the state of Texas. While this cadre of eminent professionals has undertaken a vigorous regimen of study and engaged in a minimum of four years of high-level engineering practice—which proves them to be qualified and competent to a degree recommending them to be put in charge over...

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Reporting an Address Change to the Board of Nursing

October 22, 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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Minor Infractions Before the Texas Medical Board

October 20, 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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