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In my recent post, I outlined the State Medical Board of Ohio’s plan to establish a confidential non-disciplinary track for licensees with mental or physical illness. That process has moved forward to the Medical Board posting its proposed rules (Ohio Administrative Code 4731-28-02 through 05)…
Ohio has been producing quality wines since 1804, when Nicholas Longworth began producing sparkling Catawba wine from grapes he cultivated in the Ohio River Valley. Nowadays, Ohio is well known for Cabernet Franc, Chardonnay, Pinot Grigio, Riesling and Vidal Blanc varieties produced by nearly 200…
In Ohio, a Notice of Automatic Suspension and Opportunity for Hearing is most often issued by the Ohio Board of Nursing when a nurse violates the terms of his or her Adjudication Order or Consent Agreement with the Board. Any Ohio nurse who receives a…
The State Medical Board of Ohio Policy Committee is currently in the process of revising proposed rules designed to establish a confidential non-disciplinary track for licensees with mental or physical illness. The professional license defense attorneys at Graff & McGovern are pleased to see the…
Nurses who enter into a Consent Agreement with the Ohio Board of Nursing and nurses who are issued an Adjudication Order by the Nursing Board to address and resolve violations of the Ohio Nurse Practice Act (Ohio Revised Code Chapter 4723) are, pursuant to the…
After an Ohio licensed physician, dentist, nurse, pharmacist or other licensed professional is identified by their respective Ohio licensing board as having or potentially having a chemical dependency problem, it is common for the the licensing board to require the licensee to abstain from using…
Based upon public records obtained by the nursing license defense attorneys at Graff & McGovern, the Ohio Board of Nursing, following its January 2017 Board Meeting, mailed Notices of Opportunity for Hearing to 106 licensed nurses. This is the first set of Notices issued by…
Every licensed healthcare practitioner needs to understand the consequences of failing to follow the basic procedural requirements for appealing an Adjudication Order issued by a licensing board that sanctions his or her professional license. Otherwise, the licensed healthcare practitioner will be at risk of joining…
During the past few months, the nursing license defense attorneys at Graff & McGovern have observed numerous new investigations and disciplinary cases brought by the Ohio Board of Nursing against nurses alleged to have displayed aggressive behavior towards their patients. These are very difficult cases…
Ohio pharmacies that depend upon pharmacy technicians may soon find themselves short staffed and/or unable to operate. On January 4, 2017, Governor Kasich signed S.B. 319 into law, most of which will become effective April 6, 2017. The new law will be implemented with rules…