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Lawrence Healthcare Licensure Defense Lawyers

Healthcare licensure regulation is a niche legal area that requires unique experience and knowledge. With decades of experience assisting Kansas healthcare professionals with licensing matters, Joseph, Hollander & Craft’s Lawrence healthcare licensure defense lawyers have tackled every issue in the field. We understand the special challenges associated with healthcare licensing, discipline, peer review, and staff privileges, and we know how to help. Contact our team.

Attorneys for Defending Lawrence Healthcare Professionals

JHC’s Lawrence healthcare licensing defense attorneys represent medical professionals before Kansas regulatory boards with unmatched skill and success. Our team includes a former Assistant General Counsel to the Kansas Board of Healing Arts and a former risk management manager for a major Kansas hospital. And they both use their considerable experience in healthcare regulation to assist Kansas practitioners with licensing issues, regulatory proceedings, and disciplinary matters.

Our Lawrence, Kansas, licensure defense attorneys appear before the following Kansas regulatory agencies in defense of all the healthcare professionals they regulate:

• Kansas Board of Healing Arts / Missouri Board of Professional Registrations. We defend medical doctors (MD), osteopathic doctors (DO), doctors of podiatric medicine (DPM), chiropractic doctors (DC), naturopathic doctors (ND), physician assistants (PA, PA-C), acupuncturists (L.Ac.), athletic trainers, physical therapists (PT), physical therapy assistants (PTA), radiologic technologists (RT), respiratory therapists (CRT, RRT), occupational therapists (OT), occupational therapist assistants (OTA), speech pathologists (SLP).
• Board of Nursing. We defend licensed practical nurses (LPN), registered nurses (RN), advanced practice registered nurses (APRN), certified nurse midwives (CNM), and certified nurse anesthetists (CRNA).
• Dental Board. We defend dentists and dental hygienists.
• Behavioral Sciences Regulatory Board. We defend psychologists, master’s level psychologists, clinical psychotherapists, social workers, marriage and family therapists, professional counselors, and addiction counselors.
• Board of Pharmacy. We defend pharmacies, pharmacists, and pharmacy technicians.
• Board of Emergency Medical Services. We defend emergency medical responders (EMRs), emergency medical technicians (EMTs), advanced emergency medical technicians (AEMTs), and paramedics (MICTs).
• Department of Aging and Disability Services. We defend certified nurse aides, certified medication aides, and home health aides. We also defend nursing homes, home plus facilities, and long term care facilities’ operators and administrators.

Licensing, Discipline, Peer Review, and Staff Privileging Attorneys

At JHC, we are with you during every step of your licensure process and professional career. We offer counsel and defense for healthcare professionals throughout the licensing process and during disciplinary actions. And we advise and advocate for them during peer review and the hospital and medical facility privileging process. Our Lawrence healthcare licensure defense lawyers aim to provide actionable advice to facilitate forward motion. We know you have invested in your career financially and emotionally, and we want to do everything in our power to help you realize the fruits of your labor.

License Application Assistance

If a Kansas Board denies your license application, it can affect more than your ability to practice in Kansas; it can impair your ability to obtain or keep a license in another state. JHC’s Lawrence healthcare license attorneys can help you with application issues both before and after you have submitted the application to your regulatory board. Whether you know you have a sensitive issue to approach with caution or your board has taken your application under review, our healthcare license attorneys are in your corner and by your side.

Defenders During Disciplinary Proceedings

JHC’s Lawrence healthcare license defense lawyers routinely represent Kansas healthcare professionals facing complaints against their licenses and potential disciplinary sanctions from their regulatory boards. We can help you respond to a complaint and cooperate with an investigation, all while protecting your interests to the fullest extent available under the law. We will work with you to develop the most effective defense to any disciplinary action filed and leverage our experience to offer tested strategies at our immediate disposal.

Provider Wellbeing Program Referral

If a question is raised regarding the possibility of an impairment affecting your fitness to practice, we can help you address unfounded allegations or guide you through the referral and evaluation. JHC’s Lawrence, Kansas, healthcare licensure defense attorneys know how to manage accusations of impairment based on age, substance abuse, and mental, emotional, and physical conditions.

Peer Review Process

Hospitals use peer reviews to maintain privileges for current providers as well as for new physicians applying for privileges at the hospital. A facility, a colleague, or an administrator might request a peer review for a doctor if they become concerned about the quality of the patient care he or she is providing. Some hospitals use random peer review to help them identify problem areas. In any event, adverse findings can affect your practice and result in sanctions against your license. JHC’s Lawrence, Kansas, peer review attorneys have ample experience with the legal issues surrounding credentialing and peer review in hospitals and medical facilities. We will counsel you through the process and assist at every step.

Staff Privileging

The healthcare lawyers at JHC know that obtaining hospital affiliations and privileges is critical to your practice and maintaining them is essential to future credentialing as well. If you are at risk of being denied privileges or of having your privileges terminated, we can help. Whether the issues relate to substance use, quality of care, or policy noncompliance, we know what to do. We assist physicians during the formal appeals process and the fair hearings process. We can also determine whether litigation is an option and represent you if court action is necessary.