Books, Books and more Books
Thu, 05/02/2015 - 04:00
One of the great things about being a law Librarian in a law library is that I have access to THOUSANDS (that's right, thousands) of legal resources to browse through. Picture it: there's everything from Animal Law to Zoning; Dog Law to Neighbor Law; Golf Law, Baseball Law, Equestrian Law, and Online Gaming Law. Then, just the other day I was looking through our CEB collection and found one resource that was particularly interesting: Professional Licensing: Disciplinary Practice in California.
To be honest, on first glance I thought this was a book about how to disbar an attorney. Turns out, it covers darn near every professional license except attorneys in California like:
- Physician, Osteropath, Podiatrist and Physician Assistant in Chapter 9
- Psychologist & Other Mental Heath Care licenses in Chapter 10
- Dentistry, Chiropractor, Pharmacy in Chapter 11
- Other Health Care Professional Licenses in Chapter 12
- Contractor, Pest Control Operator in Chapter 13
- Accountant, Architect, Engineer, Geologist, Geophysicist, Land Surveyor in Chapter 14
- Automotive Repair, Smog Check Stations, Investigators, Security-related professions in Chapter 15
- Barbering, Electronic & Appliance Repair, Cemetery,& Funeral, Court Reporter in Chapter 16
In fact, in Chapter 1, it covers the type of licensing actions and the overview of the general license discipline process. Chapter 3 deals with Criminal Convictions (not how to get them but how a person who is being reviewed might deal with the fact that in their past life they had a criminal conviction and how it might impact their license).
By the time you get through Chapter 5 (Other Common Grounds for Discipline), you're feeling pretty beat up thinking there is no hope for your future. Then you hit Chapter 6 (Common Defenses) and you get a second wind. Chapter 6 covers limitation of actions and laches, defenses related to Jurisdiction and Authority like
- Subject Matter Jurisdiction and Personal Jurisdiction
- Constitutional challenges to codes related to agencies
- Regulations beyond agency authority
Defenses derived from criminal law such as
defenses derived from Federal civil law like
and Defenses derived from California Civil Law like
- Equitable Estoppel
- Licensee responsibility
- Res Judicata and Collateral Estoppel
There is only one volume to this resource but it is packed tight with information. A pretty good read if an agency has you in their sights or if you just want to bone up on agency disciplinary procedure. Either way, Professional Licensing: Disciplinary Practice in California is on our shelves waiting for you when you need it/us. Oh, and you have a great rest of the day!
