The Kentucky Nurse Practice Act, KRS 314.095 states:
A licensee, credentialed holder, privilege holder, or applicant who is the subject of an investigation by or on behalf of the board shall cooperate fully with the investigation, including responding to a complaint or lawful request for information in a materially factual and timely manner.
Effective: July 15, 2010
History: Created 2010 Ky. Acts ch. 85, sec. 25, effective July 15, 2010.
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Wow! What does this tell you? The Kentucky Board of Nursing means business.
1. Its effective July 15, 2010, so this is new.
2. The Board has received false or inappropriate responses.
3. Some individuals have not responded to complaints.
Guess what? A verified response to the complaint is required now by the Kentucky Board of Nursing.
What I am saying and what does this mean?
If receive a Notice of Complaint from the Kentucky Nursing Board, you really need to think about attorney representation before you respond to the complaint in writing.
Personally, I saw this one coming years ago as there were nurses helping other nurses respond to Kentucky Nursing Board complaints, prepping other nurses for investigative meetings with Kentucky Board of Nursing staff, and providing bootleg legal advice and counsel to nurses involved in Kentucky Board of Nursing investigations. Not saying that it doesn't happen in other states but I can only speak on what I know. Just the facts.
These cases are not cookies and cream (I am on a diet but I want a cookies and cream Blizzard, extra thick from Diary Queen) like most nurses think because you don't have to appear in court before a judge and you are not served by a Sheriff with the complaint. Don't rationalize or underestimate the seriousness of a State Nursing Board complaint and the process and procedure involved with the response to the complaint. If you didn't know then I will tell you, Board of Nursing staff and members as nurse regulators take their role of public protection very seriously; now are you taking the complaint seriously?
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