6 December 2007. The California State Bar offers this database for finding attorneys. Information appearing in the database includes the attorney's status - active, inactive, not eligible, resigned, deceased or disbarred. You may also find the lawyer's membership address, phone, fax, e-mail address, and schools. Information on deceased lawyers is limited. Public disciplinary information is included. 22 January 2008. Search by name or license number to find the status of a person's or company's real estate license, including any public disciplinary action. You may limit results by mailing address. Results provide the name of the individual or company, mailing address, the license number, type of license, license date of issuance, license status, employing broker, and public disciplinary action.
Please note: A separate list of desist and refrain orders for unlicensed activities appears here. These actions do not appear to be recorded in the licensing database.
16 June 2004. The Medical Board of California makes available a database for finding information about a physician's license, including public disciplinary data, felony convictions, citations for minor violations of law, hospital disciplinary actions that result in termination or revocation of privileges, malpractice judgments and select malpractice settlements. Search by name, license or location. 23 September 2004. The Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards Inc. provides three lookup tools for finding board certified financial planners. Search by name or location to find a professional's full name, employment (or affiliated company), business address, phone number, certification status, certification dates and public disciplinary history. 6 May 2008. The Colorado Supreme Court provides a database for an attorney's status and disciplinary history in that state. Search by attorney registration number or name. Results include the lawyer's name, registration number and status. Status is an indicator of disciplinary action, but no details are provided. 29 October 2007. The Roanoke Times makes available databases containing public records or public information. Find information about public schools, civil and criminal cases, sex offenders, Roanoke city permits, lobbyists, restaurant inspections, disciplinary actions concerning doctors, historical weather data, and more.
The site offers an accompanying blog, called Datablog, and an RSS feed. The RSS feed contains updates from the blog. 6 May 2008. The D.C. Bar lets you search for attorney status and public disciplinary information by lawyer name or law firm. Results include the name of the lawyer, his/her contact information, membership status, availability of disciplinary information, and the date s/he joined the Bar. 2 June 2003. Administrators in Medicine offers this free site for finding physician state license data. The database covers doctors in participating states. Search by name, location or license number in most states to find the physician's name, license number, license status and expiration date, address and an indication of public disciplinary data on file. DocFinder links to the data as provided by non-participating states. 11 November 2002. Revised 2 November 2007. Consumer advocacy group Public Citizen grades the 50 states on their provision of health-related disciplinary information via the Web. Discover what individual states provide, where they provide it, and how easy or difficult the site is to use. Specifically, the reports cover the availability of information about disciplinary data on specific doctors, the action taken, the offense, a summary narrative, board orders, the doctor's personal information, license number, license expiration date, medical specialty, date of the action, and availability of at least 10 years of data. Another feature loads a chart of the grades for all states. 2 November 2007. The Florida Department of Education provides search access to public disciplinary actions against teachers or administrators. Search by name or school district to find the Education Practices Commission case number, the disciplined individual's full name, school district, order type (surrender, settlement), final order summary, and the order date. You may also display the full text of the order. The database covers orders issued on or after 1 January 2007.
Please note: Displaying the full text of the order requires Internet Explorer. IE Tab for Firefox also works. 9 August 2001. Revised 30 September 2005. Designed primarily for those who seek Minnesota or Wisconsin legal information, LawMoose, by Pritchard Law Webs, serves as a portal to state, local and federal law. Find statutes, legislation, court opinions, legal research primers, attorney disciplinary records and more. The public portal is free. Paying subscribers receive access to the Enhanced Edition of LawMoose, which is designed specifically for Minnesota lawyers. 6 May 2008. The Maryland Attorney Grievance Commission provides summary information about disciplinary actions from 2006 to present. You may browse a list of names, in order by county, for each year. This is not a database. There is no search function. 16 April 2008. The State of New York offers a database of licensing and public disciplinary actions on physicians. Search by full or partial name, medical practice type, hospital or office location. The database initially returns the full name of the doctor, the practice location, and field of medicine. Click the doctor's name to his/her NYS license number, date of licensing, education, board certifications, hospital privileges, Medicaid/Medicare availability, legal actions, professional activities (such as teaching), and more. 16 April 2008. Find an index to New York State-sponsored databases and Web sites with professional licensing or public disciplinary information. Currently, the list includes access to information on physicians, insurance agents and brokers, teachers, emergency medical personnel, horse racing professionals, and more. 2 November 2007. The Ohio Department of Education makes public disciplinary actions against educators available. You may search by teacher or administrator name or identification number, school district or zip code. Search results contain the educator's full name, date of birth, school district, zip code, reason for the discipline, the disciplinary action, and the date of the action. 9 January 2003. Philadelphia-based Jenkins Law Library and American Lawyer Media join to provide this fee-based site covering Pennsylvania case law, legal news, verdicts and settlements, court rules, trial listings, and lawsuits filed. The Cases section includes federal, state, and select local court decisions as well as the Digests of Recent Opinions from Pennsylvania Law Weekly (1994 to present) and the unreported opinions of the Disciplinary Board of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania. Local court coverage includes decisions from District & County Reports, 3rd & 4th Series, as well as from various county reporters. News provides access to The Legal Intelligencer (1995 forward) and Pennsylvania Law Weekly (1994 forward). Court Rules covers state court rules and the local rules of various county courts. Trial Listings provides full-text coverage from The Legal Intelligencer for the current three months. Suits Filed lets you browse or search new lawsuits from the Eastern District of Pennsylvania and Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas. It also provides archival coverage of lawsuits filed in Bucks and Montgomery counties. Verdicts and settlements contains verdicts, awards and settlements reported in Pennsylvania Law Weekly from late 1993 to the present.
Site features include Boolean (AND, OR, NOT) and phrase searching as well as word truncation, but not the use of proximity connectors (NEAR, WITHIN, SAME SENTENCE, etc). Legal professionals may like the ability to download PDF copies of slip opinions. 6 December 2007. The Pennsylvania Supreme Court offers a database for discovering attorney public disciplinary information. Search by name or partial name, attorney ID number, or city. Information provided includes the attorney's name, identification number, city, status, and if applicable, the availability of public disciplinary information on file. Occasionally, you will also find a link to the Disciplinary Board decision. 2 November 2007. The Bureau of Professional and Occupational Affairs of the Pennsylvania Department of State provides an index to disciplinary or corrective measures taken by 27 state professional licensing boards and commissions. The listing includes actions taken against charitable organizations and notaries public. It covers 1999 to present.
Unfortunately, there is no database to search. However, a site search will return documents from this list. 2 November 2007. Revised 19 March 2008. The Professional Standards and Practices Commission of the Pennsylvania Department of Education makes available notification of certificate actions, or public disciplinary actions against teachers or administrators. This is a listing in reverse chronological order. The list provides the name of the disciplined individual, aliases, the school district, position held, type of certification, status, cause of action and the date the action was taken.
There is no database to search. However, a site search will retrieve documents from the list.
The home page notes that Educator Discipline Opinions and Adjudications are coming soon. 1 November 2005. This brief guide by the Securities & Exchange Commission suggests resources for checking out brokers and investment advisors. As the guide mentions, the state securities regulator for the relevant jurisdiction might be the best source of disciplinary information. The guide ends with recommended questions you should ask before you make an investment. 22 January 2008. Find a list of public disciplinary actions taken against Rhode Island doctors. The list appears to cover any licensed physician who has been disciplined. Consent orders are generally available (in PDF) for more recent disciplinary actions. There is no search function. You browse the list by the doctor's last name. 2 November 2007. The South Carolina Department of Education makes available a listing of public disciplinary actions from January 2003 to present. Appearing in reverse chronological order, the listing shows the full name of the individual as well as the action taken. You may display the full text of the order when available.
A McClatchy newspaper Web site compiles this data to provide more information. It appears to cover January 2003 to June 2007. It offers the name of the individual, the finding or reason for the disciplinary action, the action taken, the school, district, year and copy of the full-text order. It also enables sorting the data by school district, school name, last name or finding. 2 November 2007. The Texas State Board for Educator Certification enables searching for teacher certification status. Search by Social Security number and last name or last name and first name. Results are limited to 20. They provide the full name of the individual, gender, ethnicity, type of certificate, effective date, expiration date and status. Information about disciplinary actions is noted. 2 November 2007. Revised 12 November 2007. The Vermont Department of Education provides a listing of public disciplinary actions against teachers or administrators. There are 2 lists, one covering the most recent suspensions and revocations and the other covering suspensions and revocations from 1 January 2000 to present. The lists include the full name of the individual, town of residence, the school district, the license type, the grounds for disciplinary action, the disciplinary action taken and the date of the action. 6 December 2007. The Washington State Bar Association offers an unofficial database for finding attorney public disciplinary information. Search by name, keyword, type of action, or . Information provided includes the attorney's name, bar number, discipline notice, rules violated, and the effective date. 22 January 2008. Revised 22 January 2008. Find a list of licensees, who have recently received public discipline. The list is available for the following types of licenses: auctioneers, bail bonds, boxing, wrestling and martial arts, collection agencies, cosmetologists, drying schools, dyed diesel, limousines, notaries public, private investigators, real estate appraisers, brokers and sales people, security guards, travel sales, vehicle dealers, manufacturers, transport and disposal, wreckers and vehicles for hire. There is no search option. |
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