Practice Areas

The below referenced entities and activities are representative of the type of legal services provided by the Law Office of Richard Collins.

The firm has handled numerous matters before various governmental bodies and private sector organizations. Examples include, but are not limited to the following entities:

• State Office of Administrative Hearings
• Texas Board of Nursing (formerly the Board of Nurse Examiners for the State of Texas)
• Texas Physician Assistant Board
• Texas Department of State Health Services
• The Executive Council of Physical Therapy
• Occupational Therapy Examiners of Texas
• Texas Department of Public Safety
• Texas Department of Insurance
• Texas Real Estate Commission
• Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation
• Texas State Board of Plumbing Examiners

The types of specific matters involved are wide ranging and include questions that affect the heavily regulated health care practitioner. These matters include, but are not limited to:

• Informal Settlement Conferences
• Show Compliance Proceedings
• Mediations
• Applicable standards of care
• Record Keeping
• Investigations
• Practice Closure
• Licensure Concern
• Boundary Violations
• Criminal Matters
• Relic-Ensure Efforts
• Compliance Issues
• Modification and Termination of Orders
• Contested Administrative Hearings
• Assistance with Depositions
• Responses to Subpoenas
• Impairment/Substance Abuse Interventions
• Record Requests
• Patient Complaints
• Controlled Substances Certificates and Registration