Board Matters

State of Ohio’s Board of Pharmacy Upgrade to Ohio Automated Rx Reporting System (OARRS)

     The dental attorneys at Nardone Limited in Columbus, Ohio continuously research and identify updates and legal issues that may impact our dental clients. On October 19, 2017, the State of Ohio’s Board of Pharmacy announced that it will be upgrading the Ohio Automated Rx Reporting System (OARRS) to include analytics software to help fight […]

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Evidence-Based Dentistry in Ohio State Dental Board Hearings

The dental attorneys at Nardone Limited in Columbus, Ohio defend dentists who face standard of care allegations in Ohio State Dental Board hearings by utilizing the dentists’ practice of evidence-based dentistry.  This article will address how the concept of evidence-based dentistry relates to the standard of care in dentistry, and its importance in Ohio State […]

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Ohio Standard of Care for Dentists

The dental attorneys at Nardone Limited in Columbus, Ohio advise dentists on the acceptable standard of care in their professional practice, and represent dentists in Ohio State Dental Board hearings and professional liability matters, where the standard of care issues have been raised. This article discusses the standard of care that applies to an Ohio […]

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OSHA Finds Hospital Exposed Employees to Needlestick Injuries, Bloodborne Pathogen Hazards

On April 14, 2016, the Department of Labor (“DOL”) published a news brief on its website summarizing OSHA’s investigation findings at a hospital in Coopers, New Jersey (the “Hospital”). OSHA was originally reviewing the Hospital’s OSHA logs, and as part of that investigation it found an unusual amount of needlestick injuries and bloodborne pathogens exposure. […]

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Patients with Substance Abuse Problems

Nardone Limited represents dentists in a variety of dental board matters, including disciplinary issues that may arise as a result of a dentist negligently prescribing narcotics to a patient with a substance abuse problem. Oftentimes dentists are faced with a difficult situation when they have reason to believe that a patient is abusing narcotics and […]

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Limitations for a General Dental Practice: Is Your Advertising Misleading?

As many successful dentists know, marketing your dental practice is vital to its success; you must get your name out there to reach and recruit new patients and maintain a thriving practice. But, it is always important for dentists to ensure that they are advertising within their limitations. Generally, dentists may advertise their services as […]

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North Carolina Board of Dental Examiners v. Federal Trade Commission

The Supreme Court has recently faced a difficult decision regarding a federal antitrust lawsuit that claims that the North Carolina dental board damages competing businesses who offer teeth-whitening services. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) presented the case back in 2010 when the North Carolina State Board of Dental Examiners, predominantly dentists, aimed to prohibit non-dentists […]

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What is the Standard of Care to Avoid or Minimize Malpractice Determination?

By: Vincent J. Nardone, Esq., LL. M. In Nardone Limited’s prior newsletter, we discussed the statute of limitations on dental malpractice in Ohio, please view that article here.  We are now going to discuss the accepted standard of care that must be met in providing dental care in Ohio to avoid, or at least minimize, […]

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CDC Infection Control Guidelines Affecting Dental Practices

As dental attorneys, we at Nardone Limited regularly assist our dental practice clients in dental board related matters, including infection control.  In discussing infection control issues with dentists in Ohio and throughout the United States, dentists sometimes wonder how they can keep up with so many different aspects of operating a dental practice.  To successfully […]

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Ohio State Dental Board Meeting – October 23, 2013

As specialized dental practice attorneys, the dental attorneys at Nardone Limited routinely assist dentists in a wide range of matters, including representing dentists before the Ohio State Dental Board. Our dental practice attorneys find it important to stay up to date with the current issues addressed by the Ohio State Dental Board and regularly attend […]

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