FCPA Compliance and Ethics Report-Episode 161-Gini Dietrich on how to create a MasterClass
On December 23, 2023, CMS issued its Final Rule, establishing new Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA) regulations (the Final Rule). Several provisions only became effective December 28, 2024. CMS was driven to...more
Below is Part I of our New Jersey Regulatory Update focusing on regulations that were finalized in 2024 by various New Jersey agencies that impact healthcare. The final regulations range from additional transparency...more
Question: I recently settled a licensing complaint with the state of Michigan during my compliance conference. In my view the complaint lacked merit. However, I did not want to go through an administrative hearing because it...more
Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro signed into law Senate Bill No. 1241 on Oct. 31, 2024, which modifies the Insurance Department Act of 1921 by simplifying licensing under the Insurance Producer Licensing Act (the Act)....more
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (“CBP”) announced today that individually licensed customs brokers may begin completing continuing education courses on January 1, 2025 (89 FR 87387). Failure to comply risks suspension or...more
On July 12, FINRA reminded registered firms of upcoming continuing education deadlines in an information notice. FINRA noted all registered persons must complete the Regulatory Element of their continuing education as...more
Friday June 14, Governor DeSantis signed HB 1021, which places significant new burdens on condominium managers and directors. This bill is effective July 1, 2024, although some new requirements have later effective dates. ...more
On May 31, 2024, Governor DeSantis signed the largest of three new bills that will have a significant impact on homeowners’ associations (HOAs). House Bill 1203, House Bill 59, and House Bill 293 introduce a range of new...more
It is that time of year for our regulatory update. Parts I and II will discuss proposed and adopted rules from the second half of last year to the first quarter of this year that impact healthcare providers in New Jersey,...more
On April 30, 2024, FINRA proposed amendments its Maintaining Qualifications Program (“MQP”) to reopen the period in which certain participants can complete their prescribed 2022 and 2023 continuing education (“CE”)...more
Nearly fifteen months after Colorado voters approved the Natural Medicine Health Act, the public got its first glimpse of draft rules that will govern the regulated psychedelics program created by the Act. In February’s...more
Investment adviser representative continuing education requirements are critically important. Please read this alert carefully, as investment adviser representative registration may be at risk if you do not follow the...more
Training repayment agreements (TRA) are a tool for retaining employees after they received employer-paid training. Generally, a TRA requires an employee to repay an employer for the costs of training if the employee leaves...more
From the classroom to the C-Suite, electrical engineering has been Dr. Sandra Johnson's lifelong calling, a field in which she succeeded despite formidable challenges. Sandra shares her journey as a Hidden Figure — the first...more
U.S. Customs & Border Protection (CBP) published the Final Rule on continuing education for individual customs broker license holders in the Federal Register on June 23, 2023. This Final Rule made several changes to Part 111...more
As the latest signal in the priority of the Duty to Report in Ohio, the State Medical Board has updated its Duty to Report video. The video is offered by the Board for physicians to fulfill the mandatory continuing medical...more
On April 14, a relatively unprecedented bipartisan coalition of state attorneys general from across the country joined forces to protect the rights of military veterans, which if successful would secure full educational...more
Previously registered representatives who missed the prior deadline now have until December 31, 2023 to enroll. Registered brokerage representatives historically had two years from their Form U5 filing date to...more
The California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation (DFPI) has proposed to adopt rules that would require investment adviser representatives (IARs) to complete 12 credit hours of continuing education courses each...more
On August 17, 2022, New York announced an amendment to the Continuing Legal Education (CLE) Program Rules, which adds a requirement for attorneys to complete at least one CLE credit hour in Cybersecurity, Privacy, and Data...more
In recent years, the nation has made efforts to raise awareness of implicit bias in employment and across industry groups. The real estate industry has seen states, such as California and New York, requiring real estate...more
The Office of Inspector General of the US Department of Health and Human Services (OIG) issued Advisory Opinion 22-14 (AO 22-14) on June 29, 2022, concerning continuing education (CE) programs to be offered by an...more
The IRS is presenting a live webinar offering 1 continuing education credit, discussing: ..Improved access to IRS online services. ..What this means for e-Services users. ..IRS’s new identity verification and...more
The US Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General released Advisory Opinion No. 22-14 on June 29, highlighting fraud and abuse considerations for provider-sponsored continuing education programs....more
In the wake of the global pandemic, which forced manufacturers, trade organizations, and all other players in the health care industry to rethink how to provide medical education and communication on new product offerings to...more