Michael V. Favia’s practice involves defending professional licensees with regulatory issues. If one of Favia’s clients in Chicago has a regulatory issue in another state in which the client professional is licensed, he might search the Leading Lawyers national network to find a great lawyer in whatever state he needs. While most lawyers have a great local referral network of their own, sometimes nobody knows a good lawyer in the state where they need to find someone to help with their case here in Illinois.

While setting aside the emergency use-authorized vaccines, it is generally settled law that employees may be required to submit to certain types of vaccination protocols as a condition to employment. Where that is different in this case, is the settled law came through lawsuits involving FDA-approved drugs, not emergency use-authorized drugs. Why people in different forms of government and business are unsure of what to do, is likely because the law and enforceability of vaccine mandates are unclear because we have never approached the concept of mandating the use of emergency use products.

In this episode of the Healthcare Consultants Podcast, Carolyn and Eric focus on the services Lakeview Health provides, and how the healthcare community is especially ripe for substance use and abuse concerns. Whether it be pain medication, other substances, or alcohol, Lakeview Health has a plan.