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Judge affirms the Dekalb County Board of Health’s decision to terminate a nurse for insubordination and violation of attendance rules.

Employment

Petitioner appealed the Dekalb County Board of Health’s decision to terminate her from her position as Public Health Nurse. Respondent terminated Petitioner due to insubordination, lack of professionalism, inefficiency in performing assigned duties, and violation of attendance rules. Respondent presented witnesses and documents proving that Petitioner failed to follow instructions from the facility’s doctors and

Judge affirms the Dekalb County Board of Health’s decision to terminate a nurse for insubordination and violation of attendance rules. Read More

Teacher suspended for failure to inform school nurse of possible child abuse.

Educators

Petitioner, a kindergarten teacher in Dougherty County, observed bite marks and scratches on a child’s back, buttocks, and genital area. The school system’s child abuse policy requires first reporting suspicion of child abuse to the school nurse. The Judge affirmed a 15 day suspension because the teacher failed to properly observe the policy.

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Judge affirms suspension of teacher’s certificate based on multiple reports of physical and verbal abuse of student athletes.

Educators

The Professional Standards Commission sought to suspend Petitioner’s teaching certificate for 90 days. Petitioner is a high school teacher and football coach. The credible evidence on the record supports a finding that Petitioner physically abused student athletes on two occasions. Additionally, Petitioner used excessive profanity and confrontational tones in the presence of students and used

Judge affirms suspension of teacher’s certificate based on multiple reports of physical and verbal abuse of student athletes. Read More

Judge denies teacher certification to applicant who fraudulently submitted $700,000 of unauthorized prescription reimbursements to Medicaid.

Educators

Petitioner appealed Respondent’s recommendation to deny his application for a teaching certification. Petitioner pled guilty to conspiracy to defraud state of political subdivision and false writing pursuant to filling unauthorized prescriptions and fraudulently submitting those prescriptions to the Georgia Medicaid Program for reimbursement to the pharmacy in the amount of $717,516.98. Petitioner failed to file

Judge denies teacher certification to applicant who fraudulently submitted $700,000 of unauthorized prescription reimbursements to Medicaid. Read More

Judge revokes real estate licenses for failure to cooperate with an investigation and pay renewal fees.

Real Estate

The Commission sought to revoke Respondents’ real estate licenses. W. is the Qualifying Broker for Respondent Realty. Both Respondents allowed their licenses to lapse in 2010 due to their failure to pay renewal fees.  The Commission opened an investigation of both Respondents in 2009.  Respondents failed to respond to three investigation requests.  The failure to

Judge revokes real estate licenses for failure to cooperate with an investigation and pay renewal fees. Read More

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