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May 19, 2021Medical License Defense

Texas Pharmacists at Risk of Discipline

When a pharmacist receives a notice of formal complaint from the Texas State Board of Pharmacy, there is a natural tendency to feel a sense of panic. After all, most pharmacists are well aware that a complaint against their license can result in discipline—up to and including revocation of licensure. Anyone can file a complaint against a licensed pharmacist in Texas—from customers to fellow pharmacists—so long as they do so in writing. When the Board...

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When a dentist is at risk for losing their license

May 13, 2021Medical License Defense

When a Dentist is at Risk of Losing Their License

Dentistry—the oldest medical profession—carries with it an unfortunately mixed reputation. Dentists must put up with peoples' fear of drills (unfortunately reinforced by such films as "Little Shop of Horrors") and the wrongheaded ignorance of the profession by health insurance companies—who as a result end up paying for heart surgeries when they could have just covered the extraction and/or replacement of infected teeth. So how much the worse when a Texas dentist must contend with a...

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May 12, 2021Medical License Defense

Protect Your Dietitian’s License from TDLR

When a dietitian in Texas is accused of wrongdoing via a formal complaint, it can put their livelihood at risk. Formal complaints are made against dietitians for any number of reasons—and may lead to the outcome of disciplinary action, and even possibly the loss of license, which brings along with it the loss of both reputation and career. The Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation (TDLR) is responsible for admitting dietitians to practice in the...

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February 08, 2021Medical License Defense

How a Texas Acupuncturist Can Defend Their License

The licensed acupuncturists of Texas work hard for years to earn their right to ease the pain of our citizens using time-tested techniques based in non-surgical and non-incisive methods, as well as herbal and dietary guidelines that are non-invasive yet effective. The Texas State Board of Acupuncture Examiners, a subsidiary organization of the Texas Medical Board, is the oversight authority for these practitioners. It maintains the profession using strong licensing regulations. A formal complaint made...

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December 04, 2020Medical 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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November 27, 2020Medical License Defense

When a Texas Nursing Home is Faced With a Complaint

Nursing home facilities within the State of Texas that receive notification that a complaint has been filed against them with the Texas Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) are up against a wall. The Department takes complaints very seriously. It tends to approach complaints as though they were true from the outset. This places the burden on the nursing home facility to prove that it is innocent of any wrongdoing. The facilities that are...

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November 26, 2020Medical License Defense

Handling Complaints Against Texas Medical Care Facilities

Any medical care facility within the state of Texas that has received notification that a complaint has been filed against it with the agency that regulates it has a lot to deal with. Regulation of these facilities is slightly different depending on the type of facility, but the fact remains: every facility should take complaints very seriously. Clinics, hospitals, and some other health care facilities are controlled by the Health Care Facilities Regulation standards of...

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November 21, 2020Medical License Defense

What Sorts of Conduct Cause Texas Nurses to Be Disciplined

No two ways about it: If you’re a nurse in Texas and you are facing disciplinary action because someone has interpreted your conduct in a way that, if proven, would be a strike against you, your license is at stake. Any nurse that is found by the Texas Board of Nursing—the regulating body that both conducts investigations into complaints made against nurses and performs the judicial elements of the complaint process—to have violated the Texas...

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October 18, 2020Medical License Defense

Handling a Complaint Against Your Attempt at Medical Licensure

When someone applies for a medical license in Texas, it means they have already run the gauntlet: years of college, years of medical school, tests galore. And then they run up against the procedural requirements for licensure: application, documentation, fees. The Texas Medical Board makes them go through two stages: screening and licensing. Screening is the period of document collection from the applicant; once every document is received by the Board, the licensing stage begins....

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October 03, 2020Medical License Defense

When Your Application for a Medical License in Texas is Denied

The Texas Medical Board does not issue licenses for every application it receives. In 2018—the latest year for which records are publicly available—the number of applications was 5717. The number of licenses issued was a mere 4514. More than a thousand applicants, in other words, were left out in the rain by the Texas Medical Board. Obviously, a license is required if one is to practice medicine in Texas. To begin or continue to practice...

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