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As a Nurse, you need a license defense attorney with experience in administrative law and procedure involving licensed healthcare professionals if:
1. A complaint has been filed against your license with the Nursing Board or the Office of Attorney General and you were just notified;
2. Your nursing license has been suspended and you need assistance meeting the terms and conditions for reinstatement;
3. Formal charges are filed against your license with the State Nursing Board;
4. An administration hearing is scheduled related to a complaint filed against your license;
5. You received a Potential Violation Report from the Ohio Board of Nursing or a Notice of Complaint from the Kentucky Board of Nursing;
6. You are planning to self-report to a State Nursing Board Alternative Program for Chemical Dependency;
7. You are involved in a disciplinary investigation in State A and you reside in a Nursing Licensure Compact State or you are licensed by endorsement in other states;
8. You are asked to sign a Consent Agreement, Consent Decree, or an Agreed Order and don't understand the terms and conditions in the legal document and you don't know how the document will impact your nursing license and your nursing career;
9. You receive a Notice of Opportunity for a Hearing from the Ohio Nursing Board;
10. You are being encouraged by your employer or colleagues to "self-report" an incident to a State Nursing Board;
11. A Nursing Board investigator or any Regulatory Board (Pharmacy Board, Adult & Protective Services, Department of Health, Attorney General, Office of Inspector General, etc.) agent, officer, or investigator contacts you and want to meet with you to discuss any complaint filed against you;
13. A Nursing Board investigator or Regulatory Board agent asks you to provide a written statement regarding the allegations in the complaint filed against you;
14. You received a temporary, summary or automatic license suspension by the State Nursing Board;
15. You were terminated from your employment and told that you are being reported to the State Nursing Board for allegedly violating the Nurse Practice Act and/or Board rules;
16. A State Nursing Board or regulatory board investigator or agent wants to conduct an telephone interview of you regarding a complaint filed against your license;
17. You have been accussed of stealing drugs and this is reported to the State Nursing Board;
18. You have been contacted by federal, state, or local law enforcement officers and you are being "encouraged" to admit guilt or confess to criminal conduct;
19 You are a nurse and you have been charged with a crime, felony or misdemeanor. You want to know how a possible conviction or plea to a lesser offense will impact your nursing license if at all; and last but certainly not least
20. You answer the door at your residence and its an investigator from the Pharmacy Board who wants to speak with you about Pyxis or OmniCell discrepancies.
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