By Sasha G. Aguilar Increasingly health care providers, including physical therapists, encounter patients using cannabis or medical marijuana to treat a number of conditions, ranging from Alzheimer’s disease to eating disorders. Cannabidiol or CBD is the second most prevalent active ingredient in marijuana. While CBD is an essential component of […]
This Blog addresses liability for Physical Therapy employers relating to COVID-19. During these uncertain times of COVID-19, employers, especially those in health care, must be mindful of liabilities and obligations to employees and to others as the result of employees. Most importantly, health care employers, including physical therapists, should take […]
The purpose of this blog is to examine layoff guidelines and furloughs under California law in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. In summary, the Governor’s Executive Order has suspended California law regarding layoffs. Workers Adjustment and Retraining Notification (“WARN” Act) Laws Both federal and state law have safeguards in place […]
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 […]
Most physical therapists will hopefully never need the information in this article. But even a successful, kind, caring, and skilled practitioner sometimes cannot avoid the dreaded Physical Therapy Board complaint or investigation. In talking to hundreds of health care providers, including physical therapists, over the years, the most surprising issue […]
A “cause of action” is a set of facts or legal theory that gives an individual or entity the right to seek a legal remedy against another. This applies to the filing of a civil lawsuit for such wrongs as property damages, personal injury, or monetary loss, as well as to wrong doings […]
Heather Hoganson, Of Counsel, recently presented at Sacramento County Public Law Library on the nuts and bolts of rulemaking. Along with the Honorable Stephen J. Smith, she helped state employees understand how to draft and implement, or repeal, regulations related to their work. We want to share some of that […]
Generally, the State of California is averse to issuing professional licenses. More than almost any other state in the union, the State of California makes its license applicants jump through the most hoops to obtain something that many of them have worked to achieve their entire life–the right to practice […]
The Bureau of Medical Cannabis Regulation (BMC), Department of Public Health (CDPH), Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) are all creating new regulations to clarify and define existing law regarding the use of cannabis and medical cannabis in the state of California. For your information, oversight of cannabis has been split […]
This blog is to discuss the grounds for license denial or discipline under the new Bureau of Medical Cannabis (“BMC”) draft regulations enacted pursuant to the Medical Cannabis Regulation and Safety Act (MCRSA). Purpose of Regulations Under MCRSA, the BMC (https://bmcr.ca.gov/) was created to license and regulate dispensaries, distributors, transporters, […]