In most jobs, the employer or supervisor sets the parameters and provides oversight. This is true for physician assistants, too, but their licensure depends on them following the national and state licensure requirements as well as the duties that their supervising...
Medical Licensing
What constitutes medically unethical or negligent behavior?
If your conduct is less than professional, all of the hard work, time, long hours and financial resources it took to obtain your professional license could become irrelevant. A conviction of unethical or negligent behavior could result in license suspension or...
Can being overworked cost you your license?
As a medical professional, you are likely already aware of just how pressing the matter of understaffing is in hospitals and clinics across the country. Unfortunately, this issue persists across the years due to the vast difference in medical personnel versus...
Why do you need a lawyer to defend your medical license?
If you are facing revocation of your license, you may think that a lawyer cannot help because you are not going to court. In reality, a hearing before the state medical board is a legal proceeding, and administrators conduct it very much like a trial. They will hear...
What is disruptive behavior?
Not managing your emotions as a physician has multiple consequences, some of which relate directly to your job. Not only can unprofessional outbursts lead to a bad day at work, they can also lead to you needing to defend your medical license. It is becoming more and...


