The New York State Department of Health’s Office of Professional Medical Conduct (OPMC) or Office of Professional Discipline (OPD) may ask you to stop practicing medicine temporarily if found out of line with the state’s established medical standards. Specifically, they may do so by ordering for your medical license to be suspended for a temporary amount of time. But if your entire career has been centered around medicine thus far, you may be at a loss for what to do as a job and how to earn a living for yourself. If this is your current predicament, please read on to discover whether you can still work in the medical field if your license is suspended and how a seasoned New York OPMC/OPD misconduct defense lawyer at Walker Medical Law can help you explore your options in the meantime.
Can I still work in the medical field if my license is suspended?
As you may have already assumed yet still had difficulty in accepting, you cannot continue practicing medicine once your license is suspended. Importantly, this suspension applies in New York State but also extends beyond its borders. Most state statutes declare something along the lines of an applicant being ineligible for a medical license if they previously held a license that has since been suspended or revoked by the licensing authority in another state for a reason that would be grounds for the current state board to suspend or revoke it.
What can I do until my medical license is restored?
A possible loophole around this predicament is that you may still be eligible to work in administrative or non-clinical support positions within a medical setting while your license is suspended temporarily. Examples of this may entail a surgical scheduling coordinator, a nursing recruiter, a medical secretary or administrative assistant, a medical transcriptionist, or otherwise. In this way, you may still put your medical skills to good use, all while still earning wages to support yourself adequately. Before accepting any of these job positions, though, you should consult with a lawyer and ensure doing so will not have you face any legal consequences.
In the meantime, you may participate in Continuing Medical Education (CME) courses, medical skills evaluations, and medical retraining programs. Overall, you should take personal initiatives to better yourself as a person and healthcare provider. This may look good in your future application for medical license restoration. With this, you may be showing the OPMC or OPD that you truly regret your initial misconduct incident and have no intention of repeating it, should you be granted a second chance to return to medicine.
If you need legal advice urgently, please do not miss another opportunity to schedule an initial consultation with a competent New York OPMC/OPD misconduct defense lawyer from Walker Medical Law. Contact our firm today.
