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December 16, 2020 Posts

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, 2020 Posts

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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December 14, 2020 Posts

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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December 13, 2020 Posts

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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December 12, 2020 Posts

TFCP Investigations of Complaints Against Texas Firefighters

Firefighters in Texas are regulated by the Texas Commission on Fire Protection (TCFP), as are other fire safety professionals in fire safety and fire service organizations. The Commission manages the licenses of fire safety professionals at nearly 750 departments in seven separate regions within the state, while offering 31 courses and 49 certificates in fire safety. And it is responsible for collecting, reviewing, and investigating complaints made against fire safety professionals who fall under its umbrella, under...

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December 11, 2020 Posts

When a Texas Respiratory Care Practitioner is Accused of Violating Rules

In Texas, Respiratory Care Practitioners are governed by Chapter 604 of Title 3 of the Texas Occupations Code. This code places the Texas Medical Board in charge of licensure for Respiratory Care Practitioners, with the aid and guidance of the Texas Board of Respiratory Care. The latter has been empowered with, among other things, establishing standards for regulating the practice of and disciplining any violations of rules made in the course of practice by a...

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Effects of a dui on a texas professionalgcos license

December 10, 2020 Posts

Effects of a DWI on a Texas Professional’s License

The effects of being convicted of Drinking While Intoxicated (a DWI) are profound no matter who receives it. But professionals are faced with a double-whammy: both receipt of the criminal charge of DWI and the likely loss of their professional license because of it. This means that not only are these professionals likely to face discrimination when seeking future employment because of a criminal conviction, but their current livelihoods might soon be swept out from...

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December 09, 2020 Posts

When Your Establishment is Accused of TABC Violations

It is a fundamental requirement of any Texas establishment that wants to sell alcohol that it successfully obtain a license from the state to do so. That license is granted by the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission (TABC), which was initially established in 1935 to regulate, inspect, and tax the sale, use, and production of alcoholic beverages. These days the Commission exists under the auspices of the 1977 Alcoholic Beverage Code for the same purposes. It...

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December 08, 2020 Posts

How Texas Dentists Can Combat Accusations of Insurance Fraud

Dentists who find they have been accused of insurance fraud in Texas are at risk of discipline and even of losing their licenses. If this happens to you, it is important that you immediately seek out an experienced dental license defense attorney who can make the case from the get-go that the medically necessary procedure you ordered does not meet the definition of fraud. The majority of dentists have entered into agreements with insurance carriers...

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December 07, 2020 Posts

When the Texas Board of Nursing Offers an Agreed Order

Every complaint made against Texas nurses is reviewed by the Texas Board of Nursing. At times this Board will offer an Agreed Order, which sets forth particular sanctions against a nurse. The Agreed Order is explicitly designed to describe the type of discipline to which a nurse who accepts it will be subjected. This includes any requirements the nurse under consideration will need to complete, such as any sort of remedial education, or a set...

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