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What charges can stop you from being a nurse Texas?

What charges can stop you from being a nurse Texas?

Crimes of fraud, deception, lying and falsification are also included as being highly relevant to your fitness to be a nurse. Additionally, crimes involving the “delivery, possession, manufacture, or use of, or dispensing or prescribing a controlled substance, dangerous drug, or mood-altering substance” are relevant.

Can you be a nurse with a felony in Georgia?

In Georgia, the Board of Nursing can refuse to grant a license to an applicant, revoke the license of a licensed nurse, and discipline a licensed nurse upon a finding by the Board that that the applicant or licensee has been convicted of a felony or any crime involving moral turpitude.

How many registered nurses have been convicted of DUI?

According to the California Board of Registered Nursing, there were 4374 RNs with convictions reported to the BRN in 2016; my guess is that most of those were Registered Nurses with DUI. We represented many of them and here are 3 examples of the outcomes of their cases.

Can a DWI conviction affect your nursing license?

One caveat: the Nursing Board has in the past been known to assume that any and all criminal conduct is unprofessional conduct, and therefore, your DWI conviction — regardless if a first-time, isolated event — has a detrimental impact on your practice of nursing. The investigation process can involve but is not limited to any of the following:

Do you report a DUI to the Board of Nursing?

It may be tempting not to report a DUI to the board of nursing. This is a bad idea, as it may be reported by law enforcement, or they may find out by other means. Discipline may be more extensive if a nurse tries to sweep it under the rug.

Can a Texas nurse be disciplined for DWI?

Although initial arrests and convictions for Driving While Intoxictated (DWI) will not ordinarily result in the imposition of a disciplinary sanction against a Texas Nurse, they often do give rise to a stressful and searching investigation by Staff of the Board of Nurse Examiners.

What happens if a registered nurse has a DUI?

This is relatively high and typically any BAC over .18% means that the BRN is going to attempt to revoke or suspend the nurse’s RN license. This client did not hire us for her DUI representation, she used another DUI attorney.

What was the blood alcohol content of a nurse arrested for a DUI?

This nurse was arrested for a DUI and based on the 2 breathalyzer results, had a blood alcohol content of .13% and .15%. While searching for a DUI lawyer and wondering how the DUI was going to impact her RN license, she stumbled upon RN Guardian’s website and called us for more information.

Although initial arrests and convictions for Driving While Intoxictated (DWI) will not ordinarily result in the imposition of a disciplinary sanction against a Texas Nurse, they often do give rise to a stressful and searching investigation by Staff of the Board of Nurse Examiners.

How many registered nurses have their license been revoked?

In 2016, 649 Registered Nurses in California had their RN license revoked, surrendered or suspended and I would venture that many of those were the result of a DUI conviction. Would you be interested in knowing RN Guardian’s statistic of revoked, surrendered or suspended licenses for a DUI?