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What exactly is a texas licensing board

February 04, 2021Posts

What Exactly IS a Texas Licensing Board?

The state of Texas requires of many professionals that they both earn and maintain a license to practice in their given fields. There is a board, commission, or agency that defines the requirements to earn a license in the given field (often strongly informed by historical standards of competence as understood by experts within the fields) for each of these fields. Furthermore, once a professional earns their right to practice within their field, they must...

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How not to behave after learning a complaint has been filed against your professional license in texas

February 03, 2021Posts

How Not to Behave After Learning a Complaint Has Been Filed Against Your Professional License in Texas

Learning that a formal complaint has been filed against your professional license can cause a cascade of negative emotions to flood over you—none of them pleasant. It can be tempting to take personal action against the individual who has made the complaint, or to make an impassioned plea with the licensing board or commission based in your emotions, or to bury your head in the sand and just believe that it will all pass over...

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Types of discipline to which a texas child care operation may be subject

February 02, 2021Posts

Types of Discipline to Which a Texas Child Care Operation May be Subject

Child care operations in Texas are subject to various rules and regulations, as well as licensure and maintenance of license, under Texas Child Care Licensing, a subdivision of the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services, which is itself a subsidiary of Texas Health and Human Services. Child Care Licensing is charged with investigating any complaints or allegations of violations of the state licensing standards, laws, and rules regarding child care and placement, and with...

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Petitioning the texas board of nursing for reinstatement of license

February 01, 2021Nursing License,Posts

Petitioning The Texas Board of Nursing For Reinstatement of License

When a nurse has their license revoked by the Texas Board of Nursing, or has surrendered it willingly, it may feel like the end. But, in some circumstances, the Board may be understanding and permit a nurse to have their license reinstated. Of course, this will come with some prerequisite actions on the nurse’s part. The criteria for reinstatement requires that any evidence a nurse puts forward must indicate that permitting the nurse to practice...

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Defending your texas equine dental providers license

January 31, 2021Posts

Defending Your Texas Equine Dental Provider’s License

Specialists in equine dentistry perform a remarkable service for the horses and horse-owners of Texas. While equine dentistry can be done by licensed veterinarians and veterinary technicians (in the latter case, only when a veterinarian is supervising and directing them), there is a special license for Equine Dental Providers. And the loss of that license can mean a devastating blow to a practitioner’s career. Equine Dental Providers in Texas are approved to perform procedures in...

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When a texas electricians license comes under fire

January 30, 2021Posts

When a Texas Electrician’s License Comes Under Fire

Electricians in Texas are licensed at various levels and types of license—and some people who perform electrical work are even exempt from licensure! All those who earn their electrical license, whichever type, are extremely skilled at working with the components of electrical science and the inner workings of the buildings of Texas. But all the hard work an electrician has done to earn their license can be undone by a single complaint by a customer....

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Defending an audiologists license against formal complaint in texas

January 29, 2021Posts

Defending an Audiologist’s License Against Formal Complaint in Texas

Given the amount of education required by the state of Texas to earn licensure as an audiologist or a speech-language pathologist, it is no small thing to learn that a complaint has been filed against one’s license. After years of intensive education and clinical training that has been laser-focused on studying, diagnosing, and treating hearing disorders, loss of hearing, and other medical issues of an audiological bent, a professional earns their license from the Texas...

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When a texas nurse is issued a board order

January 28, 2021Nursing License,Posts

When a Texas Nurse is Issued a Board Order

The licenses of nurses in the state of Texas are governed by the Texas Board of Nursing. This Board has been granted the authority to oversee and discipline any nurse found to have behaved in contradiction to the standards of the profession, or who has violated Board rules or the Nursing Practice Act. Such a scenario results in the Board issuing a Board Order to the licensee. These Board Orders are descriptions of the case...

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Forms of discipline a texas professional may face from a licensing board

January 27, 2021Posts

Forms of Discipline a Texas Professional May Face From a Licensing Board

The licensing boards of Texas govern the standards, rules, and practices of the professions they have been entrusted by the legislature with overseeing. As such, every licensed practitioner who falls under their power is subject to their decision-making, first by jumping through the boards’ hoops in order to become licensed in the first place, then in maintaining their ability to continue practicing. When a formal complaint is filed with a licensing board against a professional’s...

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Defending your emergency medical services license in texas

January 26, 2021Posts

Defending Your Emergency Medical Services License in Texas

The Emergency Medical Services professionals of Texas are licensed by the Texas Department of State Health Services. This means that those who earn the five levels of EMS licensure—Licensed Paramedics, EMT-Paramedics, Advanced EMTs, EMT-Basic and Emergency Care Attendants—are subject to oversight by the Board, even long after their license has been issued. Sometimes someone, either another professional in the industry or a member of the public, will file a formal complaint against the license of...

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