Petitioner did not report the annual wages he paid to his sons, who were employees in his carpentry business, on his applications for workers’ compensation insurance coverage, relying on erroneous advice that he was not required to include family employees under his workers’ compensation coverage. Because workers compensation premiums are calculated based, in part, on […]
Charlotte’s Webb Learning Center’s (the Center’s) rule violations led to a child being left in one of its vehicle for hours. This incident, as well as the lack of cooperation and candor the Center’s owner and staff members exhibited during an investigation into the incident by the Department of Early Care and Learning (DECAL), led
Petitioner, a Certified Nurse Aide, verbally abused a resident by telling her that she had multiple sclerosis “because she was mean” and that the resident was “going to hell”, causing the resident mental anguish. Respondent was therefore authorized to place a written description of an incident of verbal abuse next to Petitioner’s name on the
Derisive comments that caused a resident mental anguish amounted to verbal abuse. Read More
After administering the CRCT-M, a modified version of the Criterion-Referenced Competency Test (CRCT), Petitioner, an educator, described the content of the test in text messages to her colleague, who had yet to administer the CRCT. The Professional Standards Commission (PSC) found that Petitioner’s conduct violated the Code of Ethics for Educators and recommended a two-year
Educator sanctioned for texting colleague about the CRCT. Read More
The Georgia Department of Insurance denied Petitioner’s Resident Insurance Agent License Application due to Petitioner’s non-disclosure two separate criminal convictions in 2009 – one a misdemeanor shoplifting offense, and the other an attempted armed robbery – on his license application and because he received a first offender sentence for a felony as a result of
The Department of Community Health’s decision to fine a Private Home Care Provider was upheld where the facility’s owner failed on two occasions to provide the Department’s inspectors with access to the facility.
Facility fined for failure to provide access to inspectors. Read More
