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This past February, House Bill 343 was introduced into House Committee in Frankfort. The purpose of the bill is to create a new section of KRS 335B, a chapter which specifically outlines Commonwealth rules and regulations regarding state-issued licensing. In creating...
Earlier this morning, Governor Beshear signed into law a bill that seeks to curb a disturbing trend in acts of violence against healthcare workers. The law adds requirements for healthcare facilities to create workplace violence prevention programs to better protect...
Nurses and other medical professionals have long had legal and ethical duties to keep private their patients’ protected health information (PHI). Of course, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) is the federal crowning jewel of health...
On Jan. 5, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) officially proposed sweeping regulatory changes that will have far-reaching impact on employment within the health care industry. Namely, the proposal would ban all future noncompetition clauses as well as nullify...
Protecting licenses in a fog of law, policy and health care A whirlwind surrounds the question of whether to legalize medical or recreational marijuana use. In most states, legislators, governors or voters have made various changes to state laws in this regard– or...
We all know about nurse shortages and burnout in the wake of COVID-19 due to work load and concern regarding inadequate supplies of personal protective equipment and of ventilators for the sickest patients, the shocking death rate, and the fear of infecting loved...
Unauthorized trading is one kind of investment misconduct by a financial advisor or broker in which they execute investment transactions on behalf of a client using the customer’s money, but without their written permission or in violation of the customer’s investment...
The answer is clear: Yes. Posting unprofessional or illegal pictures or writings could harm a nurse’s job, professional reputation or even their license to practice nursing. How might nurses’ posts on Facebook, Instagram and elsewhere harm them? The biggest issue with...
In our last post, we reviewed the outcome of the trial and sentencing of Tennessee nurse RaDonda Vaught. Vaught was tried and convicted of criminally negligent homicide and gross neglect of an impaired adult in March of this year. Although the judge showed leniency in...
Nurses from across the country expressed shock and anger when Tennessee nurse RaDonda Vaught was tried and convicted earlier this year for the accidental death of a patient in 2017 due to a medication error. Such mistakes rarely reach the criminal courts and state...
