Mr. Simas is hosting another Health Care workshop in Sacramento, California. This time it is to discuss “Medical Records as a Defense to Your License to Practice”. The workshop will examine the California Medical Board’s standards for recordkeeping and how all licensing agencies – including the Medical Board – build Read more…
Our law firm receives dozens of inquiries a week from current and former employees who suffered some form of discrimination at the hands of their employer, supervisor, co-worker, or vendor. As unbelievable and depressing as that sounds, it is the truth – many people still face discrimination, harassment, intimidation, and Read more…
A fast-growing state licensing area is the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (“WIC”). In 2011 alone, the California WIC Program trained 2,970 new vendors. As with any new license area comes the potential for abuse. However, given the subject-matter, WIC is prone to overzealous prosecution of licensees. Read more…
California Veterinary Medical Board Investigation Process The California Veterinary Medical Board (“Board”) receives from 500 to 600 consumer complaints per year. While many of these complaints do not necessarily constitute violations of the Veterinary Practice Act, the Board aggressively investigates complaints, including against the clients of Simas & Associates, Ltd. Read more…
Starting July 1, 2012, nearly all licensed professionals in the State of California are subject to losing their licenses to practice their professions if they make the list of the top 500 largest tax delinquencies issued by the Board of Equalization (“BOE”) or the Franchise Tax Board (“FTB”) (AB1424). This Read more…
For a long time, we have advised physical therapists regarding the benefits of organizing their practices as professional corporations. But as the result of the recent activity of the Physical Therapy Board of California (PTBC) and the Legislature regarding physical therapists practicing in a corporate environment, organizing your practice as Read more…
Out of state companies who distribute medical devices beware! If your device is a “dangerous medical device” under California law, and you distribute this device in California, you need a license from the California Board of Pharmacy to sell such a device in California. This requirement became effective in 2006. Read more…
California law requires administrative agencies to comply with the California Administrative Procedure Act (“APA”) (Government Code §§ 11340, et seq.) when adopting regulations. A regulation that does not go through this process is called an “underground regulation” and is subject to legal challenge in the courts. Further, a regulation that makes it through this process, but results from some deficiency in the process may also be invalid and subject to challenge in court.
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With a dire employment market, many former employees are getting paranoid about the information being provided by former employers and supervisors when the employee is trying to get hired elsewhere. If the employer provides untruthful information during the reference check process, it could result in a multitude of potential claims Read more…
The California Veterinary Medical Board is in the process of adopting a new regulation to “establish minimum standards” for a managing licensee of a veterinary hospital premise. Currently the Board’s regulations require the managing veterinarian to be responsible for the premises complying with minimum standards of veterinary practice. They do Read more…