A penalty from the Medical Board of California is not final. An appeal is possible. The right option will depend on the details of the penalty. These options include: reinstatement, early termination of probation or modification. The odds of a successful request can be increased with these tips: A complete petition...
Professional boards are a common way to maintain standards across an industry. By regulating membership and licensing, a board can control who practices in the field and how they do it. Anyone who wants to be a professional architect in California must go through the California Architects Board. CAB describes its...
No matter what a person’s occupation is, a criminal conviction can be difficult to deal with. For medical professionals, the challenges of dealing with a conviction can be even harder to get through. It’s possible that a criminal conviction could lead to either the suspension or the revocation of a medical...
California real estate is a complex topic and its purchase and sale is fraught with liability. The real estate license exists to provide consistent customer service and to protect consumers from fraud. It is your license to work. It’s frightening to receive a license violation notice. It’s not just a disciplinary...
As is set forth by the DRE, once DRE is certain that an applicant or licensee has been convicted of a crime that is substantially related to the qualifications, functions, or duties of a real estate licensee, and the time for appeal has elapsed or the judgment of conviction has...
Applicants: Application Automatically Denied Due to Criminal Record? As is set forth by the California Department of Real Estate (DRE), DRE may deny the issuance of a license to an applicant if he or she has been convicted of a substantially related crime. The same applies to the issuance of a...
If you are an individual with a checkered past, you should know the California Department of Real Estate (DRE) screens real estate license applicants for criminal records prior to licensure. As is set forth by the DRE here prior to the issuance of a real estate license, DRE conducts a detailed...
Licensee: Why would someone who has been convicted of a crime and is actually serving their sentence in prison still have an active real estate license? As is set forth by the California Department of Real Estate (DRE), with the exception of the DRE automatically suspending a license during the period...
As is set forth by the California Bureau of Real Estate, an applicant for a real estate license is required to fully disclose any misdemeanor or felony criminal conviction(s). Additionally, an applicant must disclose if he/she has ever had a license in California or any other State denied, suspended, restricted,...
Over the last two years, police brutality appears to be at the forefront of so many issues. Do the police have too much power? Are officers trained adequately? How can people, especially those of minority, avoid potentially fatal police confrontation? Perhaps the craziest question is the one about why we even...
