Medical License Defense Case Results - Page 6

Our Client, B.H., MD, faced a complaint (“Complaint”) brought by the Texas Medical Board (“Board”), which alleged that B.H. failed to properly utilize the Texas Electronic Death Registry for a patient who passed away at the hospital where B.H. was the attending physician. B.H. did not receive notice of the death certificate from the funeral …

Our Client, K.S., DDS, faced a complaint (“Complaint”) filed by a client who claimed to have been harmed by bridgework which K.S. was involved in. The Texas State Board of Dental Examiners (“Board”) prosecuted the Complaint, alleging that K.S. breached the standard of care in bridgework and that she failed to maintain adequate records for …

Our Client, D.T., M.D., faced a complaint filed by a former client which alleged that she had delayed notifying a patient that a biopsy had revealed skin cancer and delayed scheduling surgery. Another doctor had completed a biopsy, but failed to notify D.T. and never followed up to ascertain the results. D.T. found out about …

Our Client, D.S., was in the midst of a contentious and toxic custody battle with their ex-spouse, who had also filed a complaint against our client with the Texas Medical Board, alleging that our client was addicted to drugs, had violated HIPAA, and improperly prescribed controlled substances and dangerous drugs to non-patients. We submitted a …

Our Client, K.K., M.D., fell victim to bad politics while working for a hospital outside Texas. Those politics resulted in K.K.’s application for a full medical license in Texas being held up. K.K. tried, but was unable to work past those issues by himself. Through diligent and persistent efforts, we resolved these issues, and K.K. …

Our client, D.C., a former psychologist licensed outside Texas, encountered a challenge in their application for a license to practice psychology in Texas. Years ago, D.C. surrendered their license based on allegations they had on an improper relationship with a former client. After surrendering their license, D.C. had to close down their practice, settled related …

Our client, A.S., M.D., was terminated from their fellowship because they left an intern to watch a patient, so A.S. could attend to a personal matter. A.S. was available by phone and responded to a question posed by the intern via text message. However, under the circumstances, A.S.’s Fellowship Director considered leaving the premises improper. …

Our Client, A.G., was alleged to have violated their duty of fair dealing with respect to a geriatric patient with dementia (“Patient”). A.G. was sent to the nursing home where the Patient lived and conducted a full mouth assessment and x-rays, free of charge. A.G. observed severe periodontal disease, two irreparably broken teeth, and a …

Our client, P.A., was called before the TMB for an ISC due to two misdemeanor offenses on their record, which had been properly disclosed to DSHS. P.A. endured a tough time in their marriage, which resulted in charges related to domestic disputes. TMB alleged that the criminal offenses might indicate that he should not be …

The Texas Medical Board (“TMB”) assumed jurisdiction over Medical Radiologic Technologists (“MRTs”) on September 1, 2017. Previously, MRTs were under the jurisdiction of the Texas Department of State Health Services (“DSHS”). As part of that transfer of jurisdiction, the TMB ran a dragnet background search on all licensed MRTs and set informal settlement conferences (“ISCs”) …