Inactive docs keep licenses, return to practice without competency review

Tuesday, January 27, 2009 - 15:07 in Health & Medicine

One in eight physicians have been inactive in the state where they are licensed for at least a year, and most states do not require them to undergo competency tests or retraining when they return to actively practicing medicine. read more

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