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Search results for "license restriction" ...
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Nevada DUI
This investigation found a number of frightening facts, which could change many lives. One of the first findings is “judges have not been following a 1997 law that requires them to order the installation of interlock devices for all offenders convicted of DUIs causing death or substantial bodily harm.” Also, many previous offenders were convicted of a second DUI and had blood alcohol levels (BACs) considered of those with an alcohol abuse problem. Further, found that DUI offenders released from prison didn’t have their licenses restricted for three years after the conviction.
Tags: drunk drivers; laws; Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV); interlock devices; prosecutors; parole officials; probation officials; death; harm; courts; convictions
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Gun permits drop 25% in Bay State
"That gun ownership, especially in urban areas had dropped dramatically over the past six years, driven by more restrictive laws, higher licensing fees and cultural changes."
Tags: gun; ownership; urban; Public Safety;
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Patients in the Dark
The story investigated what patients aren't being told about their doctors, and what they are unable to find out even if they ask. Utah law prevents patients knowing whether a doctor is currently in treatment for substance abuse, or has been in the past, hospital disciplinary history, basic information about malpractice suits etc. The Physicians Licensing Board, meanwhile, seldom severely restricts the practice of even the most troubled doctor, preferring to provide repeated 'second' chances.
Tags: medicine; doctors; malpractice; Utah Physicians Licensing Board; public awareness; Division of Occupational and Professional Licensing; National Practitioners Data Bank
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Teen Drinking Series
This series shows the devastating impact of "teen related driving deaths" in the DC suburbs, where 11 people were killed in the summer and fall of 2004. Alcohol, driver inexperience and fast cars are all factors in the epidemic. The series focuses on the dangerous behavior teens embark on, the victims of teen driving deaths and legislation proposed to place more restrictions on teen drivers.
Tags: driving; drivers license; automobile; accidents; car wrecks; DUI; DWI; underage drinking; handheld cameras; DV camera; police ride-along; visual story telling
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Blackout
Halsne found that Washington drivers with severe medical impairments, such as diabetes, were again and again given immunity following serious auto accidents. Washington law does not restrict licenses of drivers who have a long history of blackouts. KIRO-TV profiled a diabetic who sent a total of 9 innocent victims to the hospital in 3 car wrecks. KIRO found eight-thousand medically impaired drivers are allowed to keep their licenses year after year.
Tags: driving license; auto accident; medical impairment; diabetic drivers; blackout accidents; license restriction
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The Judge's Subdivision
Hector San Miguel, the city editor at American Press, received a tip that State District Judge Wilford Carter was building residential subdivisions without required permits, even though the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the State Licensing Board of Contractors warned him not to do so. Carter continued building subdivisions on top of a restricted wetlands area without getting the required permits first and hid his wrongdoing's from the City Council and local zoning board. When owners of some of the lots came forward to be reimbursed, Carter refused to give them their money.
Tags: real estate; public officials; judge corruption; State Licensing Board of Contractors; U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
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WFLA-TV investigates a problem doctor. A group of AIDS patients had complained about him to that state which failed to do anything about him. The investigation finds incomplete medical records, patients were charged for procedures they did not receive and were given medication they did not need. As a result of the story, the state obtained an emergency restriction of the doctor's license and is moving towards suspending or revoking his license, Nov. 28 - Dec. 2, Dec. 8, 1994.
Tags: FL Andrews Breslow Glisson Carr Malpractice Health Insurance fraud Tape Script