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November 26, 2020 Medical License Defense

Handling Complaints Against Texas Medical Care Facilities

Any medical care facility within the state of Texas that has received notification that a complaint has been filed against it with the agency that regulates it has a lot to deal with. Regulation of these facilities is slightly different depending on the type of facility, but the fact remains: every facility should take complaints very seriously. Clinics, hospitals, and some other health care facilities are controlled by the Health Care Facilities Regulation standards of...

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November 24, 2020 Posts

Complaints Against Texas Licensed Chemical Dependency Counselors

In Texas, Licensed Chemical Dependency Counselors—also known as addiction counselors—are licensed to provide the people of Texas counseling services designed to address the scourge of substance abuse and dependence, as well as the impact it has on individuals. As such, in the throes of an opioid crisis, they are among the heroes we need to defeat it—and it can therefore come as a shock when they find there has been a formal complaint lodged against...

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November 23, 2020 Posts

Dealing With a Texas Medical Board Investigation

A physician who receives notice of an investigation having been launched by the Texas Medical Board is in a precarious position. The stress this causes can be extreme. After all, physicians toil for years to earn their medical licenses and do their earnest best to provide their patients with the best possible medical care. Allegations—in the form of a formal complaint—that the physician has violated the standard of care, has violated the Texas Medical Practice...

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November 23, 2020 Professional 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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November 21, 2020 Medical License Defense

What Sorts of Conduct Cause Texas Nurses to Be Disciplined

No two ways about it: If you’re a nurse in Texas and you are facing disciplinary action because someone has interpreted your conduct in a way that, if proven, would be a strike against you, your license is at stake. Any nurse that is found by the Texas Board of Nursing—the regulating body that both conducts investigations into complaints made against nurses and performs the judicial elements of the complaint process—to have violated the Texas...

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November 20, 2020 Posts

Explaining the Power that Texas Licensing Boards Have

The amount of power that licensing agencies, boards, and commissions in Texas wield over the licensees is remarkable. These boards are the result of statutes passed by the Texas legislature, which provides them with special powers, commonly enumerated in those statutes, in the Texas Administrative Code, or in rules adopted by the boards (and often in all three). And one power common to all Texas licensing boards is that of disciplinary action against the licenses...

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November 19, 2020 Posts

Disclosure When Applying for the Texas Bar

Any applicant to the Texas Bar must be capable of demonstrating that they are individuals possessed with moral character. The Texas Board of Law Examiners—a panel composed of nine attorneys that the Texas Supreme Court has appointed to the task—is vigilant in determining that all applicants meet the requirements for eligibility to the Bar. While the Supreme Court itself has final say in whether an individual will be admitted, this determination is largely based upon...

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November 18, 2020 Insurance License Defense

Common Reasons Insurance Agents are Disciplined in Texas

Insurance agents in Texas go through a good amount of training and jump through a number of hoops in order to become licensed by the Texas Department of Insurance. This is why it can be so distressing for them to receive notice that they are the subject of a complaint investigation. Such an investigation is a threat to the agent’s ability both to practice their chosen profession and to enjoy their livelihood. After all, the...

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November 01, 2020 Posts

Actions to Take When You Receive Notice of a Licensing Board Investigation

No professional enjoys learning about a notice of complaint against their license. Much of professional life is engaged in avoiding just such an occurrence. Receiving that notice means that not only has someone seen fit to file that complaint, but usually also that the agency, board, or commission in charge of the professional’s particular licensure regime has reviewed the complaint and determined that the action or inaction alleged does fall within their jurisdiction to investigate—and...

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October 31, 2020 Professional 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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