Many 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…
READ MOREWhat is a Professional License? Licensure restricts the practice of an occupation, or use of an occupational title unless the holder demonstrates the specific knowledge, or skill, required by the profession. In exchange for proving competence and meeting…
READ MOREImagine you are and your friends are downtown for the opening of a trendy bar. One drink turns into another, and hours pass before you finally decide it’s time to be getting home. You locate your keys, find…
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