We last left off after a review of the Grey Areas of Professional Licensing in Vermont and the Burden of Proof in Professional Licensing cases. In part three of this series, we will be reviewing who has the authority to “charge” unprofessional conduct. In Vermont, as previously discussed, we have four separate entities that
Professional Regulation
Notaries Beware!
Yesterday I received a notice from the Vermont Secretary of State’s Office, Office of Professional Regulation (OPR), informing me (and presumably every other person who is registered as a public notary in Vermont) that there is a new sheriff in town involved in the oversight and regulation of notaries public. Here’s a copy of the…
Professional Licensing – Burden of Proof – Part 2
We last left off with a broad comparative analysis between the four different professional regulatory systems in Vermont. Educators, attorneys, physicians and everyone else. I don’t plan on spending too much time, if any, in this series discussing attorney discipline. Namely because Bar Counsel Mike Kennedy is far more versed in this area and has…
The Grey Areas of Professional Licensing – Part One
As recently reported by the Burlington Free Press, one of the Burlington High School guidance counselors was charged with six counts of unprofessional conduct. The initial charges ranged from what I would characterize as employment or personnel issues that on their face do not appear to rise to the level of unprofessional conduct, to…