On Sunday, April 10, 2011, the Austin American-Statesman printed an article by Eric Dexheimer, Licensing handcuffs ex-cons. The article focuses on a problem our firm attorneys face frequently with clients — licensees or potential licensees are disciplined for criminal incidents which may have nothing to do with their licensed occupation or the discipline is too [...]
The Board has a rule that strongly suggests that it a bad idea to treat family members. If elect to do so, you must do so as if you were treating a regular patient. This includes, full H&P, tests, medical records, everything you would do for a guy off the street.
However, there is a strict [...]
The Executive Director of the Texas Medical Board, Mari Robinson, reported that the Board is working with the Texas Physician Health Program (PHP) to administratively work with physicians who want to retire their medical license and avoid paying the $1200 fee to the PHP. The reason this has become an issue is that under some [...]
Email addresses. Physicians required to provide phone, fax & email for emergency information notices. They ask on registration if physicians would like to receive email info. They had a 30% positive response. Wanted to reword to say: “ May we use your contact information for non-emergency situations such as the TMB Newsletter?” Dr. Arambula suggests: [...]
In the Texas Board’s strategic plan, the Board reports the following: “The median age for all Texas licensed RNs is 47 years of age. The median age for Texas female RNs is 47 years of age and 42 for male RNs. The median age for all LVNs is 45 years of age. The median age [...]
The following is a question that I have received lots of e-mails and phone calls on regarding the Physicians Health Program (PHP) that is set to be operational in January 2010.
What is the TMB doing with rehab cases that either have not yet had an ISC or do not have an Order which [...]
Hallway Consultants are a colleague, employee, friend or family to approaches a physician in their professional capacity seeking advise, diagnosis and/or treatment. The common practice is the individual approaches a physician and states “Have had this problem, and my doctor provided me a prescription. I’m out of refills and he can’t see me [...]
Very soon the Texas Medical Board is going to turn over doctors and Physician Assistants in recovery over to a new State wide Physician Health Program (PHP). The PHP is indirectly associated with the Board. The Board president names the Board of Governors who are like the Board members for the PHP. [...]
From the July 2009 BON meeting minutes, “Mary Beth Thomas reported that Texas continues to lead the nation in the numbers of cases submitted to the national data base. “ This reflects the Board’s continued increase in activity and yet another repercussion of a Board action.