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...
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Year: 2022
Nurse entrepreneurs are creating innovative business models
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...
Did your Financial Advisor invest your money without your permission?
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...
Can social media misuse put your nursing license at risk?
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...
The RaDonda Vaught trial Part Two – Will there be a chilling effect on self-reporting for nurses?
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...
What can we learn from the former nurse RaDonda Vaught trial?
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...
Can you lose your medical license over mental health concerns?
If the state licensing board has evidence that a doctor’s mental health may put patients at risk, the agency may take action to restrict their license to practice medicine. This scenario likely would come before the board if someone files a grievance that may trigger...
Business and licensing issues when launching a Kentucky medical spa, part 2
Today we pick up where we left off in part 1 of this post. Namely, we take a closer look at licensing matters and business considerations for the advanced practice regular nurse (APRN) who wants to set up their own medical spa in Kentucky. Kentucky Board of Nursing...
Legal considerations for Kentucky APRNs opening aesthetic practices, part 1
Readers may recall a few decades ago when Botox and other injectable medications that use the botulinum toxin entered the market as a way to smooth facial lines and wrinkles and lessen other signs of aging. Some public reluctance existed at the beginning because while...
Kentucky health care providers: Don’t let the No Surprises Act catch you off guard
On Jan. 1, the federal No Surprises Act (NSA or the Act) took effect along with voluminous implementing regulations. The law imposes significant and sometimes intricately detailed legal responsibilities on doctors and other licensed health care professionals,...