License Restoration

If you are on the staff of a hospital or an employee of a hospital, and you have done something that they are very unhappy with, and they investigate you and they take administrative action, this can be a very big problem for you. If they suspend you or if they put you on probation […]

If you’re a physician and your insurance company settles a medical malpractice case under your name, you are automatically reported to the National Practitioner Database, and also to the Department of Health of the State of New York. If you have several of these cases, you might well end up having your name publicized by […]

License revocation is not the end of the world. It’s just about the end of the world, but then there is the opportunity to restore your license. The way this works is you have to reapply for your license after three years. Three years have to pass by before you can do the restoration. There’s […]

Requests can be made but, for the most part, the OPD will not remove a sanction unless there is truly a compelling reason.  You should try to have it removed, do not be surprised if the answer is no. This informational blog post was brought to you by Paul E. Walker, an experienced New York City OPMC […]

Take a look at your disability policy, it may replace a great deal of your lost income while you are in Rehab.  But you have to understand that not all disability policies are the same.  The time to carefully read a disability policy to understand its terms is before you buy it, not when you […]

Any physician who has had his/her medical license revoked by New York State may, generally speaking, file an application after three years from the date of revocation with the New York State Department of Education to have the license restored. However, this restoration process is not a simple one and it requires a great deal […]

I recently represented a nurse who applied for a New York State Nursing license.  When she filled out the application there was a question which asked if she had ever been convicted of a crime.  The answer to the question was “yes” because when she was a teenager she was part of a gang that […]

We recently represented a client who had graduated from nursing school and applied for the nursing license. During the application process the client truthfully revealed that approximately 25 years earlier he/she was involved in a violent act with two other people which resulted in the death of a man. The client pleaded guilty to Manslaughter […]

If you are a physician, nurse or other health care professional and are working at a hospital, you must be very careful if the hospital administration decides to punish you for some act or inaction.  Bear in mind that some sanctions will follow you for the rest of you career and will be very harmful […]

If you have had your medical license revoked by the Department of Health, Office of Professional Medical Conduct, (OPMC), you must wait three years before applying to have your license restored. When you do apply, what you are asking for is a Hearing by the Department of Education to determine if you are eligible to […]

Walker Medical Law will work with your doctors to obtain the records and information needed to give you the best opportunity to win your appeal for long term disability benefits. A critical component of your appeal for long term disability benefits is the information that we obtain from your treating physician. You may think that […]

This month, June 2013, we received the decision from the Department of Education that our client is entitled to have his medical license restored after it was revoked 5 years ago due to addiction to narcotics. The client had a history of relapsing with regard to narcotic use and had gone to rehab several times […]

Often OPMC will negotiate with a physician to try to settle an issue through a Consent Order that includes some type of probation. This may in fact be a fair and reasonable maneuver because going to a Hearing might end up with a result that is far worse than what is included in the probation. […]

If your medical license has been revoked, you must wait three years before applying for the restoration of the license. When you do apply you must send the application and other documents with a check in the sum of $750.00 to the State Education Department. This application is not one that can be done simply […]

As with court cases, either OPMC or a physician can appeal the decision of the Hearing committee. During the appeal process, the penalty handed down by the hearing committee is suspended until the Administrative Review Board (consisting of three physicians and two lay people) renders its decision. Additional appeals can be directed the court. This […]