The Minnesota Board of Social Work establishes and enforces professional standards, for licensed social workers. The Board may investigate allegations against social workers whether their license is inactive or active. A common complaint arises when a social worker…
READ MORESocial workers play an essential role, in assisting individuals, families, and groups of people to cope with their problems and improve their lives. For many social workers, direct counseling is only one aspect of a broader set of…
READ MOREMany professions in the U.S., such as school teachers, attorneys, physicians, pilots and nurses, require a license as a condition of practicing a chosen occupation. Nurses, with more than 4.5 million individuals holding licensure at this time, are…
READ MOREMedical Professionals can be shocked to learn that their family life can dramatically impact their occupational license and ability to practice. For example, defaulting on a court-ordered child support obligation may lead to a suspension, denial or revocation…
READ MORENurses and Narcotics Use Nursing can be a high-stress profession. In addition to demanding and irregular shifts, nurses endure a myriad of stressors, including but not limited to: (1) work overload, (2) deadlines, (3) a lack of…
READ MOREWhat Minnesota Nurses need to know about telehealth. A recent trend in healthcare has seen the rise of telecommunication and information technology to provide clinical health care from a distance. Telehealth, or telemedicine, allows care providers to keep…
READ MOREHealth care professionals who are unprepared, incompetent or impaired pose a significant risk to the public. To ensure the state’s interest in protecting the people, the Minnesota Board of Nursing regulates and licenses over 118,000 nurses in the…
READ MOREThe state of Minnesota, through the Department of Human Services: Licensure Division, licenses family child care and child care centers to protect the health, safety, and the individual rights of children. Generally speaking, child care providers must be…
READ MOREThe laws are always changing. After this legislative session, several critical changes in child care law shall take effect August 2018. If you possess a childcare license, are licensed in family child care, group family child care, or…
READ MOREThe acclaimed motion picture actor, Will Rogers humored, “the minute you read something you don’t understand, you can be almost sure it was drawn up by a lawyer.” Lawyers possess almost a mythical propensity to write in an…
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