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...
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Professional Licensure Defense
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...
Out-of-state complaint against a Kentucky nurse and duty to report to the Kentucky Board of Nursing
Traveling nurses have come into focus during the pandemic as communities experience outbreaks of coronavirus and require significant expansions of nursing staff. Traveling nurses licensed in Kentucky utilize two ways of legally practicing in some other states. First,...
Kentucky is a member of the Multistate Nurse Licensure Compact
When a Kentucky nurse becomes licensed to practice in the Bluegrass State, they can opt into the opportunity to work in many other states through the Nurse Licensure Compact (NLC), of which the Commonwealth of Kentucky is a member. The benefits of multistate nursing...
