You can probably do without the paperwork and the long hours on your feet. However, if you are like many other Pennsylvania nurses, the most rewarding part of your job is the rapport you build with your patients. In some cases, they may slip in and out of your life,...
Month: December 2017
Doctor relinquishes privilege to practice to licensing board
If a Pennsylvania medical patient accuses a doctor of wrongdoing, the process that unfolds thereafter may intersect both administrative and civil court jurisdictions. Such a situation may prompt a licensing board to take action with respect to a physician's license to...
Reasons a licensing board may stop a doctor from practicing
In most Pennsylvania industries, there is some type of governing body that oversees the conduct and actions of employed personnel. For instance, the state Department of Education makes decisions regarding the licensing of teachers, while the State Board of Medicine...
Review of Pennsylvania Professional and Occupational Licensure Board Requirements and Processes
Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf recently signed an executive order to examine the state's professional licensing system. "Requiring a license to work in certain jobs helps to keep all of us safe, but those requirements should be fair relative to other states in our...