Judge Brown - Administrative Law Report

Involuntary discharge affirmed for patient who intentionally rammed wheelchair, broke door

Bill of Rights

July 13, 2022

The Court affirmed a long-term-care facility’s decision to involuntarily discharge a patient after he rammed his wheelchair into one of the facility’s doors in an aggressive manner. The Court considered... Read More

CNA’s comments to patient about zipping up her jacket did not rise to level of verbal abuse

Nurse Aide Registry

June 3, 2022

The Court reversed a decision by the Department of Community Health to place a certified nurse aide (CNA) on the state’s Nurse Aide Registry. At the hearing, conflicting accounts were... Read More

Husband’s foreign pension must be verified when determining applicant’s food-stamp eligibility

Public Assistance

March 11, 2022

The Court upheld the denial of food stamps for an applicant whose husband, a Swedish citizen, received a pension from another country. The Court concluded that food-stamp regulations and DFCS’s... Read More

Implied Consent Notice Invalidated

March 24, 2021

Officer’s statements that decision whether to submit to chemical test “made no difference” and that refusal to take the test “would not make things worse” or “change anything” invalidated implied... Read More

Emergency Closure of Family Child Care Learning Home

Early Care & Learning

October 2, 2020

Center subject to emergency closure after DECAL discovered that thirty-two children were in its care at one time, when the Center was only authorized to care for six to eight... Read More

Maximum civil penalty not authorized

Health Law

August 28, 2018

DCH was not authorized to impose the maximum civil penalty against a personal care home where it did not show that the deficiencies placed hospice patient at risk of harm,... Read More