A former Kentucky nurse has pleaded guilty to manslaughter of a patient after initially being charged with murder, Lexington Herald Leader reported April 13.
Category: Legal & Regulatory Issues
Florida lawmakers move to restrict abortion access to 6 weeks
Florida stands to be one of the most restrictive states in the country when it comes to abortion, if Gov. Ron DeSantis signs legislation passed April 13 that would prohibit abortions after six weeks, according to The New York Times.
Union alleges California hospital laid off workers to avoid minimum wage law
Service Employees International Union-United Healthcare Workers West is suing a California hospital, alleging the facility laid off employees instead of complying with a new city minimum pay law, according to mynewsla.com.
Kaiser Permanente hospital struck by gunfire
An unknown person opened fire on Kaiser Permanente’s Roseville (Calif.) hospital, striking the building, CBS Sacramento reported April 12.
Washington, DC-area physician charged with illegal opioid distribution
Ndubuisi Joseph Okafor, MD, a physician based in Washington, D.C., has been arrested and charged with 16 counts of illegal distribution of opioids.
FTC puts health companies on watch for misleading ads
Nearly 700 companies are receiving a warning from the Federal Trade Commission about the civil penalties they face for advertisements containing claims about products that cannot be backed up with reliable evidence.
10 medical associations react to Texas abortion pill ruling
In the days since the Texas federal court ruling that suspended the FDA’s approval of mifepristone — one of two pills used to induce abortion medically — several medical associations reacted to the unprecedented case.
Appeals court partially blocks Texas abortion pill ruling
An appeals court partially overturned a Texas federal judge’s preliminary injunction on April 12 by allowing the abortion pill mifepristone to remain on the market, but it cannot be mail ordered.
Nurse gets prison time for diverting drugs from Indiana hospital
A former nurse has been sentenced to three years in prison for tampering with vials of injectable pain medications while working in the emergency department at Franciscan Health Crawfordsville, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of In…
Louisiana health system ordered to shut down operations as lawsuit continues
Thibodaux (La.) Regional Medical Center has been ordered to halt operations in nearby Houma amid an ongoing lawsuit between it and Houma-based Terrebonne General Health System, according to an April 12 report in Houmatoday.
