HARRISBURG – Pennsylvania Secretary of the Commonwealth Pedro A. Cortés today announced disciplinary actions against 229 professionals licensed or commissioned by the Department of State during the fourth quarter of 2006.
“The Department of State’s commitment to protect the public remains steadfast, as evidenced by these actions against professionals who violated the laws of the commonwealth,” Cortés said.
In Clearfield County, Jennifer Lynn Wilson Campalong was assessed a $1,000 civil penalty because she practiced as a certified nurse practitioner with prescriptive authority without filing her collaborative agreement with the State Board of Nursing.
The Department’s Bureau of Professional and Occupational Affairs encompasses 27 boards that license more than one million professionals and businesses. The boards oversee a range of occupations in health and business-related fields, including auctioneers, barbers, chiropractors, engineers, funeral directors, pharmacists, physical therapists, veterinarians and many others. BPOA provides resources and guidelines to its licensees to encourage high quality services to the public.
If any professional holding a Pennsylvania license is found by a board to have violated either state law or that board’s regulations, the board can impose disciplinary action against that licensee. Disciplinary actions may include civil penalties and the suspension or revocation of a license.
A comprehensive list of sanctions imposed by the boards is available at www.state.pa.us (keyword “licensing disciplinary actions”). Each entry includes the name of the respondent, the license number (if any), the respondent’s last known business address registered with the board, the sanction imposed, a brief description of the basis for the disciplinary or corrective measure, the effective date, and whether the action has been appealed.
Anyone who suspects unlicensed activity by an individual or facility, or who has been a victim of unethical treatment, can file a complaint either online or through the Bureau of Professional and Occupational Affairs complaints hotline at 1-800-822-2113.
