Betty Lichtenstein of Norwalk, Conn., has been sentenced to one year of imprisonment following a guilty plea to criminal impersonation, practicing medicine without a proper nursing license and second-degree forgery, according to a CT Post news report.
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The American Society of Anesthesiologists, along with the American Association of Nurse Anesthetists, the American Academy of Anesthesiologist Assistants and the Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation, has sent a joint letter to The Joint Commission, urging action on a number of…
Incoming Florida Gov. Rick Scott has announced he will eliminate the Office of Drug Control once he takes office as part of his plan to contain wasteful government spending, according to a Miami Herald report.