Effective December 31, 2014, the Pennsylvania Department of State will require all persons applying for the renewal of a license or a certification issued by a Licensing Board to submit documentation acceptable to the Licensing Board of the completion of at least two...
In November and December, we discussed what constitutes unprofessional conduct. The Pennsylvania State Board of Medicine has a long list of things a doctor or surgeon can do that will risk his or her license, but we thought we would take a step back and ask a broader...
Recently, we have seen an increase in complaints against healthcare workers for the use of chronic pain medication. In one instance, we represented a doctor from a hospital in up state Pennsylvania who was accused of being impaired on the job. The doctor had been...
