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Common reasons texas pharmacists face formal discipline

January 25, 2021Posts

Common Reasons Texas Pharmacists Face Formal Discipline

Pharmacists in Texas are licensed by the Texas State Board of Pharmacy, as are pharmacies and pharmacy technicians. As the organization in charge of maintaining the professional standards in the state’s pharmacy industry, the Board is also charged with processing formal complaints and with disciplining its license-holders when they are found to have violated standards, rules, or the law. The sorts of complaints the Board of Pharmacy receives are legion, received from members of the...

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When an athletic trainer must fight a formal complaint in texas

January 24, 2021Posts

When an Athletic Trainer Must Fight a Formal Complaint in Texas

Athletic Trainers have themselves engaged in training so that they might be able to help the people of Texas to improve and maintain their health and vitality. It’s an important service they provide to Texans of all ages, and they put their hearts and souls into it. This is why it can be such a blow when they find someone has filed a formal complaint against their license to practice with the Texas Department of...

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January 23, 2021Posts

How Healthcare Workers Can Manage an Action Added to the National Practitioner Data Bank

The National Practitioner Data Bank plays an outsized role in the lives of medical professionals. When the Data Bank receives a report of an adverse action taken against a healthcare professional, that data becomes available to anyone looking to license or employ that professional. This clearinghouse of information is a central resource that is a compendium of data about adverse and disciplinary actions levied against workers in the healthcare industry. And as such, any clinic...

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What to do if you lose your nursing license

January 22, 2021Nursing License,Posts

What to Do if You Lose Your Nursing License

It’s the outcome every nurse dreads: the loss of their nursing license due to a complaint. It can feel like the world has fallen out from beneath their feet; their professional life has come to a complete standstill. But this doesn’t have to be the case. There are actions a nurse recently stripped of their license can still take. For one thing, loss of the license is not cause for despair. Nurses have a skill...

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Handling texas board of nursing allegations

January 21, 2021Posts

Handling Texas Board of Nursing Allegations

When a Nurse in Texas learns from the Board of Nursing that they have been alleged to have violated standards of care of the profession, laws, or Board rules, it can bring up a load of questions, alongside plenty of stress. Given how many levels of rules and regulations—state and federal—that a nurse must remain aware of and act in compliance with, and given that many nurses are generous, caring people by nature, it can...

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How texas attorneys can avoid disbarment

December 17, 2020Posts

How Texas Attorneys Can Avoid Disbarment

The high level of responsibility handed over to attorneys in Texas when they pass the bar and are given their licenses is evident to every licensee, and it comes with an equally high standard of conduct. When the Texas State Bar sees fit to disbar a licensed attorney, it is often a death blow to that attorney’s career, as it almost always ends the capability for that attorney to practice law in any state, but...

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December 16, 2020Posts

Do Texas Professionals Have the Right to an Attorney at Agency Hearings?

Professionals in Texas are a dedicated bunch. They get extra education and jump through many hoops in order to achieve their licenses to practice their professions. So it can be a real kick in the teeth when a professional is served a notice of complaint from their governing board, agency, or commission. These governing bodies are instituted with the goal of maintaining the integrity of whichever professions they are in charge of, and this includes...

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December 15, 2020Posts

Texas Physicians at Risk of Reprimand for Insufficient Documentation

It’s beyond debate: medical professionals work in an industry rife with risks for both themselves and the people whose health they attempt to maintain and improve. And the numbers of complaints made each year against the licenses of physicians to the Texas Medical Board bear this out. They tend to number in the upper five digits, and come in from sources as varied as patients, the families of patients, and other health care professionals. The...

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How texas cpas can avoid official discipline

December 14, 2020Posts

How Texas CPAs Can Avoid Official Discipline

Certified Public Accountants have a job that is focused intently on detail, which they have worked long and hard to achieve. There is a great deal of stress over the potential of making mistakes. And with good reason. A formal complaint made because of a mistake can threaten their licenses and livelihoods. Of course, it’s not just simple mistakes.  Sometimes there can be a mistake that the person who files the complaint—and even the Texas...

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When a texas real estate agent faces disciplinary action

December 13, 2020Posts

When a Texas Real Estate Agent Faces Disciplinary Action

An accusation of having violated the rules or norms in the course of a real estate transaction can put a real estate licensee’s ability to practice their profession at risk.  The disciplinary action that might come as a result of an accusation could mean the end of their career, whether directly or indirectly. When the Texas Real Estate Commission receives a complaint against someone it has granted a license to practice real estate, its Standards...

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