At Simas & Associates, we are obsessed with preparing our clients for investigative interviews impacting their licenses. Although we have written two blog articles about this subject entitled Physicians Beware! Unforeseen Consequences of Meeting with Medical Board Investigators and Physicians Beware! Part 2: Unforeseen Consequences of Meeting with Medical Board Read more…
If you’ve been convicted of a DUI, you are required to report that conviction to the Physician Assistant Board. Section 802.1(a)(1)(B) of the Business & Professions Code requires physician assistants to report, “the conviction of a licensee, including any verdict of guilty or plea of guilty or no contest, of Read more…
If you’ve been convicted of a DUI, you are required to report that conviction to the Osteopathic Medical Board of California. Section 802.1(a)(1)(B) of the Business & Professions Code requires osteopaths to report, “the conviction of a licensee, including any verdict of guilty or plea of guilty or no contest, Read more…
If you’ve been convicted of a DUI, you are required to report that conviction to the California Podiatric Medical Board. Section 802.1(a)(1)(B) of the Business & Professions Code requires podiatrists to report, “the conviction of a licensee, including any verdict of guilty or plea of guilty or no contest, of Read more…
To be eligible to take the examination to become a Registered Veterinary Technician in California, the applicant must be at least 18 years of age and meet any one of the following criteria: Graduate from, at minimum, a two-year curriculum in veterinary technology in a college or other post-secondary institution Read more…
On May 14, 2019, we posted an article entitled What is a Skelly Hearing? Created by the California Supreme Court in the landmark decision, Skelly v. Supreme Court, in 1975, public employees have long enjoyed the right to a “pre-deprivation” hearing before suffering discipline impacting their civil service position. This Read more…
Good news for pet owners: you may soon be able to enjoy the benefits of medical cannabis products together—legally. Veterinarians “discussing” Cannabis Last year, California became the first state in the U.S. to recognize cannabis in veterinary medicine, providing legal protection to those veterinarians who talk to their clients about Read more…
Californians with past criminal convictions seeking a professional license should soon have an easier time doing so. On September 30, 2018, AB 2138 was signed into law, which will remove barriers for close to 8 million California workers with criminal records seeking vocational and professional licenses. The new bill will Read more…
In the world of administrative and professional licensing law, a license revocation or surrender is rarely a forever thing. Our clients have a common misperception that if their license is revoked or they surrender it to resolve a case, they can never again reapply and get their license. Nearly Read more…
A Skelly hearing derives its name from Skelly v. State Personnel Board (1975) 15 Cal. 3d 194. Dr. Skelly, a permanent civil service employee, was terminated from his employment with the State of California. The California Supreme Court determined, among other things, that he was deprived of his due process Read more…