There is a forum on allnurses.com under nursing career and career advice regarding nursing licensure with a criminal history. See
http://allnurses.com/forums/f334/
What do you think of the threads?
- Is it possible to become licensed as a nurse if you have a criminal history and if so, can I get a job?
- Is it possible to become licensed as a nurse if you have a MIP, DUI, or other related charges?
- What happens if you are charged or convicted of a crime after licensure?
- Can I go to nursing school and/or be licensed/be employed if my record has been sealed or expunged?
- Will I be able to go to nursing school and/or attend clinicals with a criminal record?
- What can happen if I receive a MIP/DUI/DWI or other charge while still in school?
As I have said many times before and I will continue to say, if you have these questions, contact a licensure defense or administrative law attorney in your state and schedule a legal consultation. You want the "down and dirty" and the "skinny" on the answers to these questions and an attorney who practices before the Nursing Board can answer these questions for you, your meeting with the attorney is confidential, and you will know what your options are going forward. Being an attorney, of course, I am biased.
Of course you can
1. Contact the Board (the Board can't provide you with legal advice and counseling);
2. Contact your State Nurses Association;
3. Contact your nursing school or college; or
4. Do a combination of 1, 2, and 3, which in my opinion are the same as winging it; or
5. Contact a nursing licensure defense attorney in your jurisdiction.
This is in part one of the reasons why I think nurses and nursing students represent themselves in licensure and disciplinary investigations before the State Nursing Board because of the casual manner in which others are always willing to provide legal counseling and advising about nursing law, standards, and practice matters. Just my two cents.
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