I was reading the Ga. BON. I want to become familiar with BON so that I will not have any surprises, hopefully when I apply next fall for my license. I noticed that the GA BON gives online the applicant's full name, address and license number. However, when I came across the disciplinary page, it gives name, address, license number and action. This overwhelms me that the public can read about my professional information and have my private address. Also, it makes me think more on the line of if someone wants to invade my privacy, they can go to this site and retrieve my residence information. :angryfire
I am glad I know this. I will get a P.O. box before I apply for my license.
What do you think about this and are other states providing the same info?
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I was reading the Ga. BON. I want to become familiar with BON so that I will not have any surprises, hopefully when I apply next fall for my license. I noticed that the GA BON gives online the applicant's full name, address and license number. However, when I came across the disciplinary page, it gives name, address, license number and action. This overwhelms me that the public can read about my professional information and have my private address. Also, it makes me think more on the line of if someone wants to invade my privacy, they can go to this site and retrieve my residence information. :angryfire
I am glad I know this. I will get a P.O. box before I apply for my license.
What do you think about this and are other states providing the same info?
I just checked with the Utah BON and thank God my address is not listed.
In California, your address as a licensee IS indeed public record. How do you think we get solicited for lots of magazines and registries (agencies) and the like.
However, I believe that to get access to that info, there are a couple of loops folks have to go through. But it's not THAT hard.
I keep a P.O. Box especially for that reason.
And in CA, a physician's name, license number and address IS listed. You can look them up. Whether they be D.O. or M.D.
I did it just this weekend to find the office addy of a doc who treated one of my kids.
Well, I have decided during my last quarter in school, I will come home and apply for a PO box! No ifs, ands and but. I don't mind them finding out whether I am licensed or not but I am very private about my place of residence. It is my "safe haven" away from work, here on earth. I don't like drama or disturbances!!
Euskadi1946
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I just checked with the Utah BON and thank God my address is not listed.