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Doctor Gives Up License Due to Allegations of Malpractice and Over-Prescribing Pills

The Health Law Firm

A doctor in Polk County, Florida, has lost his license to practice medicine. Rather than risk having his license revoked in an administrative proceeding, the now former doctor offered to voluntarily relinquish his license.

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Suing the Certifiers – A Dangerous Undertaking

Drug & Device Law

Apparently, a fraudulent foreign-trained “doctor” treated the plaintiffs, none of whom claimed malpractice or any physical injury whatsoever. For qualified IMGs, it issues a certification, which IMGs can then use to apply to residency and other graduate medical education programs and to apply for state medical licenses.

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Pennsylvania Also Rejects Educational Malpractice, and Thus Duty-To-Train Claims

Drug & Device Law

We have posted twice before about decisions that reject duty-to-train claims under the rubric of “educational malpractice.” The claim against the flight school were dismissed because “Pennsylvania courts have not permitted cases of negligence resulting from alleged educational malpractice to persist.” 2012); Glorvigen v.