California doctors from every realm and specialty – as well as nurses, pharmacists, lab technicians and other medical providers – must surmount daunting challenges before they are duly licensed and cleared to practice their life’s calling. And the professional hurdles...
Ethics & Professional Responsibility
Attorney disbarment: challenges and opportunity for readmission
A legal commentator who serves as a professor and ethics counsel at one American law school states that the legal sphere is ultimately “a forgiving profession.” Not always, though. That individual’s comment relevant to disbarred lawyers seeking restoration of their...
Spotlight on California Medical Board in opioid-prescribing matter
Some people might expect a California doctor recently disciplined by state medical authorities for her prescribing history of opioids to feel repentant and express remorse. That’s far from the case. The physician – a primary care MD located in a small northern...
CA financial professionals and FINRA: some points to note
It is readily apparent that California financial professionals comprise a group of closely regulated individuals. For starters, money managers – investment advisers, brokers, accountants and others – don’t embark on their public-facing careers without first...
Should an alleged drug or alcohol problem imperil a professional career?
Licensed California professionals employing their passions and talents across myriad occupational spheres routinely seek optimal outcomes for those who rely upon their special skills. Patients need treatment and cures. Best-case legal results must be secured. Buyers...
CA regulatory oversight of professional licenses broad and exacting
When it comes to shorthand designations customarily applied to California’s myriad regulatory bodies overseeing professional licensing, the acronyms are sufficient to conjure up alphabet soup. DOI. DRE. DSS. FINRA. The list goes on. And it signifies this: If you’ve...
A potentially invaluable possession: a government security clearance
Select California workers employed in state or federal government jobs can point to a number of important personal attainments and credentials that are key to their livelihoods and continued employment. Requisite professional training and schooling is a given, of...
CA professional licensing focus: refugees and asylum seekers
“An inherently complicated process.” That is how one California media source terms the in-and-outs relevant to securing a professional license in the state. And not just one or a few select licenses. A recent Sacramento Bee article on licensing dictates in California...
A new CA licensing and regulatory twist re 2020 law school grads
Would-be California lawyers hoping to be fully credentialed and with license in hand after passing the state’s bar exam can certainly be empathized with on a number of counts. For starters, the exam is notoriously difficult, and noted by legions of prospective...
Waiver responds to CA dental professionals’ licensing challenges
California health care workers face heightened regulatory scrutiny perhaps unparalleled in any other occupational realm. We prominently underscore that point at the established license-defense legal offices of the Century Law Group. We stress on the firm’s website...