NJ Proposed Medical Marijuana Act
Dec 02, 2018
Pennsylvania's Medical Marijuana Act details in excruciating detail the prescribing limits placed on physicians (the only allowed prescribers). New Jersey's MMA differs from Pennsylvania at the outset...
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Medical Marijuana Statistics in Pennsylvania
Nov 14, 2018
Newspaper trumpet the legalization marijuana in several states. Articles track implementation of medical marijuana production, products, and sales in states with existing medical marijuana laws. Every...
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PNAP - A New Trap Tactic
Oct 24, 2018
A new client recently contacted me regarding a puzzling PHMP/VRP letter he received. After a first offense DUI, the VRP contacted him and scared him to attend an initial evaluation. The Initial Evalua...
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DUI and Driving after Inhaling
Sep 23, 2018
Advanced Roadside Impaired Driving Enforcement (A.R.I.D.E.) is the forefront of drunk driving enforcement in the age of legal and medical marijuana. State Troopers are trained to identify impaired dri...
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Medical Marijuana Adminstrative Appeal Process
Sep 21, 2018
This article discussed the administrative process to appeal any disciplinary action against a card holder or prescriber of medical marijuana. The Admisntrative process. > Pennsylvania's Medical Mariju...
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Alcohol Use Disorders -- Continuing and Affecting Safety
Sep 06, 2018
Many professionals consume alcohol in a moderate and temperate manner. Reasonable, social alcohol consumption that results in a driving under the influence criminal charge is an unfortunate event. The...
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PHMP versus RAMP: A Big Difference
Dec 10, 2017
I write blogs about Pennsylvania professional licensing legal developments. I am also licensed to practice law in New Jersey. I routinely counsel Pennsylvania professionals concerned about their NJ li...
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A Drug Act Conviction – An Automatic License Suspension – Not Revocation – and Reinstate
Nov 27, 2017
In McGrath v. Bureau of Prof’l & Occupational Affairs, No. 5 WAP 2017, 2017 Pa. LEXIS 3109, at \*12-13 (Nov. 22, 2017), the Pa Supreme Court addressed licenses restatement petitions for nurses whose l...
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Proposed Pennsylvania Law for All Licensee’s Criminal Charge Reporting Responsibilities
Jun 01, 2017
In February several Pennsylvania state senators introduced Senate Bill number 354 of 2017. This bill drastically changes licensees reporting responsibilities once they are charged with a crime. Curren...
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Birchfiel, Blood Draws, Consent, Burdens of Proof
Jan 23, 2017
Pennsylvania's appellate courts have finally reviewed and decided a case addressing, in the context of a warrantless blood draw in a DUI, what is consent in Pennsylvania. Pennsylvania's DUI Law A revi...
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