Professional Licensing

Pharmacist’s license suspended following illegal sales of narcotics

Judge Barnes

January 5, 2024

This case involved a pharmacist who, per the instructions of his employer, dispensed narcotics illegally and falsified records of the pharmacy’s narcotic sales. The Court suspended the pharmacist’s license for... Read More

Dental license, sedation permits revoked following misuse of ketamine injections and excessive treatment

Judge Howells

January 2, 2024

The Court revoked the license and sedation permits of a pediatric dentist after finding that she rendered excessive and poorly documented treatment for three patients.  Specifically, the Court found the... Read More

Court affirms license revocation for physician who improperly operated pain management clinic

Judge Howells

November 13, 2023

The Court sided with the Georgia Composite Medical Board’s decision to revoke a physician’s medical license after he advertised and operated his facility as a “pain management clinic” without a... Read More

Despite claims of self-defense, paramedic’s license is revoked following fatal shooting

Judge Woodard

September 18, 2023

This case involved the Department of Public Health’s effort to revoke a paramedic’s license after she shot and killed her roommate’s estranged husband.  At the time of the administrative hearing,... Read More

Cease-and-desist order issued against unlicensed private security guard and his security agency

Judge Barnes

August 23, 2023

In this case, the Board of Private Detectives and Security Agencies sought a cease-and-desist order to enjoin an individual from practicing private security without a valid Georgia license. The licensing... Read More

Contractor license denied because applicant could not provide evidence of prior project experience

Judge Barnes

August 15, 2023

A contractor appealed the denial of his application for a residential-light commercial qualifying agent license. The licensing board’s reasoning for the denial was the contractor’s failure to list two projects... Read More

Medical license sanctioned in response to previous consent order in another state

Judge Barnes

June 20, 2023

A physician appealed the proposed revocation of his Georgia medical license, claiming that he had been wrongly accused of excessively prescribing controlled substances when practicing in Alabama. The Court concluded... Read More

Nurse’s refusal to examine inmate deemed a failure to meet minimal standard of care

Judge Walker

May 22, 2023

A Georgia nurse was placed on probation for one year after failing to perform anything more than a visual assessment on an inmate who was having trouble breathing while under... Read More

Court cites absence of physician-patient relationship in rejecting Board’s attempt to sanction license

Judge Barnes

May 12, 2023

Although the Georgia Composite Medical Board sought to sanction a pediatrician’s medical license, the Court reversed this attempt in part because there was no evidence that a physician-patient relationship had... Read More

Insufficient evidence of inappropriate conduct by neurologist leads to reversal of sanctions

Judge Barnes

May 5, 2023

The Georgia Composite Medical Board sought to impose sanctions against a neurologist accused of inappropriate conduct by two female patients. At the time of the alleged conduct, the neurologist was... Read More

Court revokes nursing license due to fraudulent letter, other instances of dishonesty

Judge Walker

March 22, 2023

In response to multiple instances of dishonesty and misconduct, the Georgia Board of Nursing revoked the license of this case’s Respondent, a licensed practical nurse (LPN). The Respondent’s actions included... Read More

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