The Texas Medical Board oversees a disciplinary panel that, without notice, can temporarily suspend a Texas medical license when it determines the licensee's continued practice of medicine threatens public welfare. A Texas physician received an unannounced suspension...
Year: 2019
Is medical marijuana legal in Texas?
In recent years, many states have changed drug laws to legalize marijuana for medical purposes. However, it is important to know that Texas still severely limits the legal uses of medical marijuana. Under state law, you may only consume certain types of marijuana as...
Texas couple puzzled to receive unneeded medical equipment
Texas residents on Medicare should be careful to guard their identification number and any personal information carefully. If this data falls into the hands of certain parties, they can use it to charge Medicare for unwanted and unnecessary medical equipment, which...
Texas search warrant leads to arrests on drug charges
It is not only big cities that face challenges in regard to drug offenses and other crimes. Texarkana, Texas, located on the border with Arkansas, is a relatively small community of 37,389 people. Nevertheless, its total crime rate is 128 percent higher than the...
Marijuana decriminalization bill gets hearing in Texas
Because drug laws and regulations are controlled by state law, some states have very different laws in how they view and see drug use and possession for personal use. More states tend to be moving away from decriminalizing marijuana, although it hasn't happened in...
You could face serious penalties for health care fraud
As a medical professional, you studied long and hard to prepare for a career in your chosen field. The training you have received has prepared you for a wide variety of situations. And when patients come to you, they put their trust in your knowledge, experience and...
Severity, potential penalties of theft charges
From a young age, most of us have been taught not to take things that don't belong to us. While we may know this on the most basic level, sometimes things happen that can cause a person to be put in a situation in which they are accused of theft or a theft-related...
DUI accusations can benefit from a criminal defense strategy
Whether you were on your way home from a friend's, the bar or doing your everyday commute, a law enforcement officer may decide to pull you over while you're behind the wheel. Being accused of DUI looks a little different for everyone. Maybe the officer requested you...
Prescription fraud can affect healthcare providers, employees
There were many reasons you became a doctor or a worker in the vast healthcare system. Helping people is a passion of yours as is having work that is stimulating and challenging. While being in the medical field can be very rewarding, it can also involve more risk on...
What do you know about bank fraud accusations?
With the advances in technology, it's become even easier to stay on top of, and manage, our money and financial accounts. The internet has opened up a whole platform in which transfers, deposits and account reconciliation can happen with a few clicks of a finger. Most...