Professional Licensing

No discipline warranted for physician, based on good-faith effort to comply with reporting requirements

Judge Barnes

January 19, 2023

The Georgia Composite Medical Board sought sanctions against one of its licensed physicians for purportedly failing to notify the Board that he had entered an alcohol-abuse treatment program.  The Court... Read More

Cease-and-desist order issued for unlicensed individual holding himself out as massage therapist

Judge Barnes

December 21, 2022

The Georgia Board of Massage Therapy sought a cease-and-desist order against an individual for allegedly practicing massage therapy without a license.  The Court granted the cease-and-desist order after finding that... Read More

Plastic surgeon did not deviate from acceptable medical practices when assessing patients’ blood loss

Judge Kennedy

October 24, 2022

This matter involved the Georgia Composite Medical Board’s disciplinary action against a licensed plastic surgeon, based on reports about several of his patients who were diagnosed with anemia following surgery. ... Read More

Nurse who was training with physician to give steroid injections did not act outside his scope of practice  

Judge Walker

August 11, 2022

The Georgia Board of Nursing sought to sanction an advanced practice registered nurse for exceeding the scope of his practice by performing a transforaminal epidural injection (TEI), a type of... Read More

Massage therapist reprimanded and fined after undercover operation revealed violations  

Judge Barnes

June 24, 2022

This case involved a disciplinary action brought by the state licensing board against a massage therapist.  An undercover investigation by local law enforcement identified someone employed by the massage therapist... Read More

Decision calls for nurse’s license to be revoked based on video footage of attack on patient

Judge Walker

January 14, 2022

In affirming the Nursing Board’s revocation of an LPN’s license, Judge Walker rejected the nurse’s argument that her abusive conduct with a child patient was part of a “training program”... Read More

Evidence of nurse kicking, hitting adult patient leads to order for license revocation

Judge Walker

January 13, 2022

The Nursing Board sought to revoke an LPN’s license based on evidence that the nurse had kicked, hit, and pushed an adult patient with developmental disabilities.  In affirming the Nursing... Read More

Paramedic’s license revoked for performing unauthorized procedures

Judge Barnes

May 26, 2021

In affirming the Department of Public Health’s decision to revoke a paramedic’s EMS license, Judge Barnes concluded the paramedic had performed two procedures on patients—specifically, a surgical cricothyrotomy and a... Read More

Excessive Prescription of Opioids

Judge Malihi

May 5, 2021

Revocation of physician’s license was recommended, based on unprofessional conduct and failure to maintain appropriate medical records, where physician prescribed excessive amounts of opioids without medical justification. Read More

Physician cannot waive requirement of in camera review and nondisclosure to the public.

Judge Walker

February 15, 2017

Because the governing statute provided that the results of physical and mental examinations at issue in actions against physicians’ licenses “shall be” received in camera and not disclosed to the... Read More

Officer’s POST certificate revoked after she abandoned her post to have an inmate perform cosmetic services on her.

Judge Malihi

January 5, 2017

The Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST) Council appropriately revoked the POST certification of a corrections officer after she abandoned her assigned post at Hancock State Prison in order to... Read More

Peace officer certification revoked for unprofessional conduct, improper dealings with inmates.

Judge Howells

November 8, 2016

The Georgia Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST) Council properly revoked the POST certification of a former corrections officer based on evidence that the officer possessed an unauthorized weapon (a... Read More

Used motor vehicle dealer license revoked.

Judge Woodard

October 25, 2016

The Court upheld the decision of the Board of Registration of Used Motor Vehicle Dealers and Used Motor Vehicle Parts Dealers to revoke a dealer’s license to operate as a... Read More

Allegations not included in Statement of Matters Asserted cannot serve as a basis for sanction.

Judge Miller

July 21, 2016

The Georgia Board of Nursing was authorized to impose a sanction against a licensee due to her violation of a consent order wherein she agreed to abstain from alcohol and... Read More

Registered nurse suspended indefinitely for diverting controlled substances for personal use.

Judge Malihi

April 11, 2016

While working in the emergency room of a hospital, a registered nurse repeatedly withdrew controlled substances from an automated medication administration machine, and failed to document that she thereafter administered... Read More

Agency’s definition of “moral turpitude” unchanged by case law.

Judge Brown

March 15, 2016

A Department of Driver Services regulation prohibits recertification of a DUI Program Instructor or Director who has been convicted of a crime of “moral turpitude.”  At the time the regulation... Read More

LPN’s license revoked for diverting meds and failing to undergo examination.

Judge Howells

March 14, 2016

A licensed practical nurse (LPN) was ordered by the Georgia Board of Nursing to undergo a mental/physical examination following conduct in 2012 involving diverting narcotics, destroying records, and testing positive... Read More

Doctor subject only to sanctions that are supported with evidence.

Judge Malihi

February 3, 2016

The Georgia Composite Medical Board (“the Board”) sought to fine a doctor for failing to employ adequate diagnostic, examination, treatment, and recordkeeping procedures in his treatment of one patient.  Additionally,... Read More

Board authorized to revoke physician’s license for inappropriately prescribing opioids.

Judge Walker

December 17, 2015

The Georgia Composite Medical Board (“the Board”) sought to revoke a physician’s license for failing to adhere to minimum standard of acceptable practice with regard to his treatment of ten... Read More

DEA investigation uncovers physician misconduct.

Judge Walker

December 2, 2015

During an investigation by the Drug Enforcement Agency, a physician issued controlled substances prescriptions to undercover DEA officers, though they exhibited textbook signs of misuse and abuse of medications.  Upon... Read More