COLUMBUS, Ohio — A bill is now heading to the governor's desk that proponents say could help Ohioans stay safe. Senate Bill 109 passed the Ohio State Senate Wednesday night. According to the State ...

Operating in secret for decades, the State Medical Board of Ohio failed to properly investigate sexual misconduct cases, leaving serious abuse and even criminal behavior unaddressed, only sporadically ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine signed a bill into law Friday that aims to protect Ohio patients and strengthen the State Medical Board’s authority to respond to sexually abusive medical ...

Members of the Tennessee Board of Medical Examiners felt they were locked in an impossibly tough spot. They had to choose between defying a new state law-- one their legal counsel sternly advised them ...

FORT CARSON, Colo. -- A handmade quilt hangs above the fireplace, drawing eyes up to a wood-beamed ceiling; there are plenty of couches and chairs, a nook for watching television and a full kitchen.

When Angela Contreras complained to the state’s medical board in the fall that a Long Beach doctor had left gauze in her brother’s abdomen during surgery, she waited — and waited — for the board to ...

All U.S. physicians are overseen by state medical boards, which enforce laws around the practice of medicine. In Texas, the medical board comprises 19 members, including nine doctors of medicine, ...