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Checking Licensing & Disciplinary History International Applicants

Checking Licensing & Disciplinary History International Applicants. Dr. Ed. Weathersby, Past President Federation of Chiropractic Licensing Boards. FCLB’s CIN-BAD Databank. Started in 1993 Free access to regulatory agencies Password protected, on the Internet

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Checking Licensing & Disciplinary History International Applicants

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  1. Checking Licensing & Disciplinary HistoryInternational Applicants Dr. Ed. Weathersby, Past President Federation of Chiropractic Licensing Boards

  2. FCLB’s CIN-BAD Databank • Started in 1993 • Free access to regulatory agencies • Password protected, on the Internet • Most boards report actions within 30 days

  3. What is CIN-BAD? • Public board actions, voluntary reporting + other government actions (US federal, courts) 12,300 actions involving 6,000 DCs Reports date from 1954 to present Sanctions + restoration of good standing • Current license status of 65,000 DCs

  4. Reporting to CIN-BAD • ALL US boards • Some actions from US territories, Canadian provinces, Australian states CIN-BAD averages more than violations every year. 530

  5. Sample CIN-BAD Report

  6. Why have CIN-BAD?

  7. Dr. Mark Hollstrom • 1980 – Indecent exposure in MI • 1982 – MI License SUSPENDED • 1982 – Advertising violation in CO • 1990 – Unprofessional conduct, advertising violation in CO • 1995 – Unprofessional Conduct • 1996 – Unprofessional Conduct (sexual assault of 13 patients including a 14-year-old girl) – COLicense REVOKED

  8. Dr. Mark Hollstrom • 1997 – Practicing w/o license – ooops telemarketed Supreme Court official familiar with his case • 1998 – Order forever bans him from practicing in Colorado • 1999 – Skipped to Pretoria; defaulted on $35,000 in clinic bills; South African authorities deported him to NY

  9. Dr. Mark Hollstrom • 2000 – Extradited to Colorado, 120 days in jail for contempt • 2001 – Sentenced to 4 years in community corrections for 1996 sex assault convictions • 2001 – Rejected by authorities and sent to 3 years in penitentiary • Today: Current location unknown

  10. Why have CIN-BAD? Chiropractic is exploding worldwide • There are more chiropractic colleges outside the US than in it today World-wide mobility is a given Law-abiding DCs should be able to move quickly without unnecessary barriers • Travel-to-treat with athletic events • Teaching opportunities • Relocate practice

  11. Why have CIN-BAD? We are already importing and exporting each other’s problem DCs The public deserves to be protected The Internet offers regulators an inexpensive platform to share information

  12. What’s the next step? For countries that may not yet have formal regulatory processes… • Join forces through WFC, European Chiropractors Union, others • Post all DCs on CIN-BAD • Move toward having an adjudicated regulatory process

  13. A few months of headlines Chiropractor Sentenced on Tax Charges Chiropractor Denies Alleged Improper Client Contact Bay Head Man Tried Frame-Up, Cops Say Judge Awards Teen $103,000 in Lawsuit Man Faces Sex Charges Involving Teenagers Progressive Suit Alleges Fraud by Minn. Chiropractor, Seeks More Than $900,000 in Damages Chiropractor Pleads Guilty to Mail Fraud Local Chiropractor Faces Charges N.J. Doc, Niece Keep Insurance Fraud a Family Matter Feds Say Chiropractor Defrauded Medicare Man Pleads Guilty in Insurance Scheme DA: Queens Clinics Filed More than $1M in False Claims Nicholson Chiropractor Charged with Sex Assault Palm Harbor Chiropractor Pleads Guilty to Filing False Income Tax Return Man is Convicted in Fraud Scheme Con Artist Sentenced Under Plea Agreement Chiropractor Among Drug Arrests Chiropractor Pleads Guilty in Patient Assault Chiropractor Gets Sentence Slashed Chiropractor Pleads No Contest Napa Mom who Abducted Son Pleads Guilty Chiropractor Allegedly Exposes Himself to Employee Macon Chiropractor Indicted on Fraud Charges Health Firm Accused of $134 Mil Fraud Chiropractor, Mom Face More Charges Progressive Files Suit Against Operators of Philadelphia Chiropractic Clinic Chiropractor Sentenced to 28 Months for Insurance Fraud Scheme Lawrence Chiropractor Gets 30-Month Suspension, 18-Month Probation Chiropractor Pleads Innocent to Molesting Patients Canby Chiropractor Suspended After Violating Probation Undercover Investigations Nab Chiropractors Chiropractor Sentenced to 28 Months for Insurance Fraud 20 Charged in Porn Ring After Minors Seen on Web State Suspends Chiropractor Arrests Made in Medicare Fraud Cases International Internet Pornography Ring Busted Unlicensed Health Care Provider Indicted in Texas Billing Fraud Brings Prison Independence Chiropractor Faces Disciplinary Action

  14. Wherein the worldis he?

  15. The time is always right to do what is right.- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

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