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Following are recent disciplinary actions taken by the Real Estate Division of the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation:…

Making mistakes in health care tends to be frowned upon more than any other career, the general public simply do…

Raising the temperature in the operating room to prevent hypothermia in burn patients has been a common practice for many…

The practice of nursing requires specialized knowledge, skill, and independent decision making. Nursing careers take widely divergent paths – practice…

 (A) According to the Medical Practice Act, Section 22, The Department may revoke, suspend, place on probation, reprimand, refuse to…

  The primary basis for Department of Professional Regulations to deny a license fall under Section 20-20 of the Act.…

Pursuant to Section 75-10 of the Nurse Practice Act, there is created the Illinois Center for Nursing to address issues…

Pursuant to Section 70-55 of the Nurse Practice Act, all proceedings to suspend, revoke, or take any other disciplinary action…

All nurses should know their state’s laws and ethics, as well as understand how not obeying them  is going to…

A top-five of emergency medicine procedures that are of low value and could help control costs if providers do not…

Registered nurses with an associate’s degree in nursing will have the opportunity to advance their careers with a new specialized…

The Food and Drug Administration has approved a prescription treatment that can be used by family members or caregivers to…

Real Estate managing broker accused of dual agency.  A twenty-seven (27) count formal complain was filed against my client who…

Pharmacist accused of unprofessional conduct Pharmacists was alleged to have committed unprofessional conduct in that she allowed pharmacy technician to…

In this matter, my client received a formal complaint by the Department that alleged errors in reporting the subjects (PIN),…

Although we’d like to believe that every nurse is a good person with good intentions, we can’t ignore the fact…

There are a lot of nursing programs starting this fall and many of licensed practical nurses (LPN’s) are debating whether…

With less than 10 days notice, nurses from around Chicago descended on the Health and Human Services Committee hearing of…

That might sound like the opening to a joke, but the question is an important one to ask if you’re…

Advance Practice Nurses (APNs) know well that in order to practice, both his/her RN and APN licenses must be current.…