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June 30, 2016Posts

Dental License Defense & Accusations of Insurance Fraud

Most dentists participate with insurance carriers and have negotiated contracts with insurers so patients can have their care covered. Insurance companies generally have guidelines regarding the types of services they will cover and the circumstances under which a dentist is permitted to bill for patient services.   In some cases, however, there are questions about whether a procedure is truly necessary or whether a dentist is improperly billing for procedures which do not need to be...

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May 09, 2016Posts

Can Patient Problems Lead to the Loss of a Dental License?

Dentists can have their license suspended for many different reasons. For example, recently  Channel 3 Eyewitness News reported on a case in which a defendant's license to practice was suspended after several patients reported problems including expired medications, improperly delegating procedures to hygienists, and deviating from "standard care and treatment."   There are some situations where dentists do fail to provide reasonable care and disciplinary action is appropriate. But there are many other situations where it...

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Legal dispute

April 27, 2016Posts

Ways to Lose Your Texas Law License

Texas attorneys are given a great deal of responsibility when they receive their licenses to practice law - and they are held to correspondingly high standards of conduct. Disbarment, the most serious professional penalty possible for a licensed attorney, means you'll no longer be able to practice law in Texas. In general, the Texas State Bar only opts to suspend or disbar attorneys who have committed serious, intentional offenses; lesser penalties such as reprimands are...

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Nurses

April 19, 2016Nursing License Defense Posts,Posts

Nurses Need License Defense If Accused of Acting Outside the Scope of Authority

Nurses fulfill many important responsibilities in providing patient care. This is especially true of nurse practitioners who are able to perform some of the services for patients which overlap with services performed by medical doctors. Nurses and nurse practitioners, however, must be careful to only provide patient assistance within the scope of their authority. If nurses appear to cross the line into providing medications or treatments, which should be provided only by licensed doctors, they...

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March 22, 2016Posts

Protecting Your Real Estate License After Accusations of Wrongdoing in Texas

When you are accused of wrongdoing in connection with real estate deals, your license to sell real estate could be at risk. It is imperative that you take steps to defend yourself in disciplinary proceedings before the Texas Real Estate Commission.   Loss of your license to practice real estate could end your career, while even a suspension could have a significant adverse impact on your reputation and ability to make a continued living.   Attorneys...

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March 17, 2016Articles

Avoid Misrepresentation to Protect Your Texas Real Estate License

Negligent and fraudulent failures to disclose are a fast track to license revocation

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Medical money

February 24, 2016Medical License Defense Posts

Aggressive Disciplinary Action Has Chilling Effect on Practice of Medicine

When a doctor is faced with disciplinary action, aggressive medical license defense becomes necessary to try to protect his license and avoid adverse consequences. Unfortunately, sometimes the actions of state disciplinary boards are improper, as medical boards may sometimes aggressively go after people who have not really done anything wrong. Threat of facing disciplinary action can have a chilling effect on the practice of medicine, particularly for doctors in certain fields like pain management where there...

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January 26, 2016Medical License Defense Posts

A Medical Board Investigation Can Have a Profound Impact On A Texas Medical Practice

Recently MedScape published a comprehensive report on the impact of a medical board investigation on physicians. The report referred to the investigation as a "black cloud," which can have far-reaching effects on a physician's career. Medical board complaints are very common, and complaints to the board may potentially be even more damaging to a doctor's professional reputation and working life than a medical malpractice claim is. When the medical board takes adverse action against a...

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Criminal charges

December 23, 2015Posts

What Happens to Your License When Charged with Criminal Activity?

Disciplinary proceedings by administrative boards are not the same as criminal proceedings. A professional can sometimes be charged with a crime and can, depending upon the nature of the offense, face no threat to a professional license. Likewise, a professional can face administrative action by a professional board which leads to suspension, loss of a license, or other consequences even if no criminal activities have occurred. The question, however, is what happens to your license...

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Medical

November 23, 2015Posts

Prescribing and Treating Family Members and the Risk to Your Medical License

The Texas Medical Board takes disciplinary action for a wide variety of reasons. Whenever you have been called before the medical board, it is imperative you develop an effective medical  license defense strategy to protect your license and and your career. One of the issues that could lead to disciplinary action is prescribing medications to family members. Professional License Defense When Prescribing to Family Members Providing treating for family members, employees, or friends, is not...

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