The Administrative Law Section of the Sacramento County Bar Association has a monthly luncheon at Blue Prynt Restaurant and Bar (815 11th Street, Sacramento, California). Its luncheon next month will be on Thursday, February 13, 2013 at Noon. And the topic will be WRITS – Everything You Always Wanted to Read more…
In California, every person who sells, furnishes, gives, or causes to be sold, furnished, or given away, any alcoholic beverage to any habitual or common drunkard or to any obviously intoxicated person is guilty of a misdemeanor. (Bus. & Prof Code section 25602.) Yes, this means, technically, if you buy a beer Read more…
(The following blog post will also appear in PT Interventions, the semi-annual, members-only, newsletter of the California Physical Therapy Association.) As physical therapy professionals know by now, the Physical Therapy Board of California (“Board”) issued new regulations on medical recordkeeping and supervision of assistive personnel, which became effective July 14, Read more…
It is undeniable that social media – be it Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Google+, what have you – is changing the way we manage our personal and professional relationships. An increasing area of concern over the past few years has been the detrimental effect that our online presence can have on Read more…
Steven L. Simas, owner and founder of Simas & Associates, Ltd., was recently interviewed for an article on Medscape.com. The article touched upon a central theme of Simas & Associates, Ltd – retaining competent counsel and representation when dealing with investigations by professional licensing agencies in the state of California. Read more…
In California, all persons aged 18 years and older that operate or work in a Community Care Facility must obtain a fingerprint clearance. The California Health and Safety Code requires a background check of all applicants, licensees, adult residents, volunteers under certain conditions and employees of community care facilities who Read more…
On January 23, 2013, Steven L. Simas, Founder and Owner of Simas & Associates, Ltd., providing an in-person training to the San Luis Obispo County Civil Service Commission (SLO CCS Commission) The training was regarding the history, purpose, process, and procedures of the SLO CCS Commission. Simas & Associates, Ltd. Read more…
One of the great mysteries of administrative law is how to challenge a decision or action by an administrative agency once the agency has completed the administrative process or refused to act. Whether the agency has completed an administrative hearing or simply refuses to follow one of its legal obligations, Read more…
The tradeoff between civil liberties and security presents complex, difficult issues for our courts, which must attempt to apply long-standing constitutional and precedential principles to rapidly changing technology and contemporary realities. In “Rights at Risk,” Pulitzer Prize winning journalist and author David Shipler discusses some examples of these complex issues, Read more…
The state of California offers the Partnership for Long Term Care (“Partnership”) as a statewide program dealing specifically with issues of long term health care. It is “dedicated to educating Californians on the need to plan ahead for their future long-term care and to consider private insurance as a vehicle Read more…