This seminar will explore the law governing the discipline of health care professionals, including the substantive and procedural issues arising out of the disciplinary process. Students will study topics such as unauthorized practice, standard of care and professional incompetence, reciprocal discipline, overutilization of health care services, illegal prescribing, moral turpitude, and the meaning of the term “in the practice of.” The seminar will also cover procedural issues that arise during the investigative and adjudicatory stages of a disciplinary proceeding, such as board investigative authority, the right to counsel, notice, discovery, confidentiality, and sanctioning, including an examination of the issue of disproportionate sanctioning of health care providers based on criteria such as race, national origin, and level of training. The final two weeks of the seminar will be devoted to a mock settlement exercise where students will be provided with a fact pattern and have the opportunity to represent opposing sides and to present oral argument to a mock case resolution conference of a licensing board. The course is designed to give students a basic understanding of the process for disciplining health care professionals. Whether planning to practice health law in a private practice setting, as in-house counsel, or in a government setting, students will gain practical knowledge useful in representing and dealing with health care professionals and the entities which employ them.