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May 17, 2021Professional License Defense

Complaints Before the Texas State Board of Examiners of Marriage and Family Therapists

In Texas, marriage and family therapists are regulated by the Board of Examiners of Marriage and Family Therapists, a subsidiary of the Texas Behavioral Health Executive Council. This Board's mission is to "protect and promote the welfare of the people of Texas by ensuring that marriage and family therapy is provided by qualified and competent practitioners." The means by which it attempts to fulfill this mission is by "establishing the qualifications for licensure and renewal,...

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May 14, 2021Professional License Defense

Texas Licensed Professional Counselors Facing Complaints

Licensed professional counselors work with the people of Texas—whether individually, in groups, or as a family—to contend with emotional, mental, behavioral, and social issues that arise for them, with the goal of improving their lives by accessing superior alternatives to unhealthy means of coping with the challenges of life. Professional counselors in Texas may work in any number of locations, from schools to hospitals, to agencies, to private practice—and they may even find themselves working...

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March 06, 2021Professional License Defense

Texas ACR Certified Technicians Fighting for Their Licenses

Professionals working in the field of air conditioning and refrigeration in the state of Texas must gain their license to do so from the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation (TDLR) in order to be considered certified technicians. TDLR's Air Conditioning and Refrigeration program was created to regulate contractors hired to install, maintain, or repair refrigeration, air conditioning, or heating. This does not mean that TDLR is there to represent these practitioners. In fact, it...

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February 23, 2021Professional License Defense

The Sorts of Complaints Texas Chiropractors Must Fight Against

Texas Chiropractors face numerous practical challenges in maintaining their practice through the years. Not least among these is adhering to chiropractic care standards as enforced by the Texas Board of Chiropractic Examiners. The Board accepts complaints from the public regarding potential lapses or violations in this standard of care—and when it determines that a chiropractor is culpable for the allegations (or, in certain circumstances, any breaches at all that are unearthed by an investigation), it...

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February 14, 2021Professional License Defense

A Brief Description of SOAH Hearings

The Texas State Legislature in 1991 passed a law creating the Texas State Office of Administrative Hearings, or SOAH. It is meant to be an independent forum, under a banner of neutrality, before which legal and agency disputes between the general public and agencies, as well as Texas licensing boards, can be reviewed and decided. Its purpose is to mete out efficient legal decisions in a timely manner, having viewed them from an objective and...

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February 11, 2021Professional License Defense

When a Texas Chiropractor is Accused of Unprofessional Conduct

In the state of Texas, chiropractors are licensed by the Texas Board of Chiropractic Examiners, an agency whose mission is to "promote, preserve, and protect the health, safety, and welfare of the people of Texas by licensing skilled professionals and enforcing standards of practice." A major means it uses to enforce its dictates is by accepting formal complaints from the public and others within the profession against its licensees who are alleged to have broken...

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November 23, 2020Professional License Defense

Child Care Operations—and the Types of Complaints They Receive

Operators of child care operations in the state of Texas provide a critically important service to society. Workers in every sector of our economy utilize child care to perform their own unique functions—a fact that everyone has become acutely aware of in the COVID-19 pandemic era. Yet, because they are charged with caring for society’s most vulnerable population—children—the State takes a keen interest in the way child care operations are run and takes complaints against...

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October 31, 2020Professional License Defense

Complaints Against Midwives Before TDLR

The Texas Midwifery Act requires anyone attempting to practice as a midwife in the state of Texas to be in possession of a license. According to section 203.002(7) of the Act, the practice of midwifery is defined as: (A) providing the necessary supervision, care, and advice to a woman during normal pregnancy, labor, and the postpartum period; (B) conducting a normal delivery of a child; and (C) providing normal newborn care. Clearly, this is a...

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October 24, 2020Professional License Defense

Should I Contact My Licensing Board if I’ve Recently Been Arrested?

Any holder of a professional license in Texas who has been placed under arrest is in the doubly-unfortunate situation of having their occupational license be at potential risk. And among the various licensing rules, many professionals find they are required by their boards or commissions to notify that authority of the arrest. Of course, there are mitigating factors. Every incident is its own situation, and the particular facts involved in any situation can mean a...

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October 17, 2020Professional License Defense

Are They Really “Informal?”: Charges Before the Texas Medical Board

Each complaint received by the Texas Medical Board goes through an investigation process. Sometimes this process is blessedly brief—as when the Board examines a complaint and determines that it does not rise to the level of being an infraction worthy of pursuit. But when the Board decides a complaint merits further investigation—particularly when there has been a potential violation of the Medical Practices Act or the standard of care—things get real. In the latter case,...

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