Nicole Irmer | Posted in Licensing Defense,News on December 8, 2022
To initiate disciplinary proceedings, the Board of Registered Nursing in the state of California must first notify the individual nurse. This is accomplished by filing an Accusation. An Accusation is a formal pleading document which outlines all of the reasons the California Board of Registered Nursing is seeking discipline against the nurse, as well as the Board’s authority to issue discipline. The Accusation will be mailed to the Nurse’s address of Record, and will also be posted on the Nurse’s public Breeze profile as well as on Nursys.
At the end of the Accusation, the Board will specifically request that the nurse’s license be revoked. Reading the Accusation, and request for revocation, for the first time, can be extremely overwhelming, as many nurses feel a major sense of responsibility to care for their patients and provide financial support to their families. The idea of losing your Nursing License can be a daunting experience and downright scary – but you need to be extremely proactive in order to potentially prevent your license from being revoked.
Below, please find a list of initial steps our office takes after our Nursing clients receive an Accusation:
Although nurses may find the task of completing mitigation cumbersome, our office does not believe in busy work. The mitigation requested is specifically tailored to the Board’s disciplinary guidelines, rehabilitation criteria, and extensive history working with the Board and Office of Administrative Hearings Administrative Judges.
Receiving an Accusation from the Board of Registered Nursing can be heartbreaking. Many of our clients come to us in tears and are unsure how to even begin fighting for their license. As a nurse, your patients look for you for assistance on how to move through the scariest times in their lives, and as nurse attorneys we are here to do the same for you.
With the support of attorneys experienced with helping Nurses with Accusations, our office can help navigate the process, analyze your matter, negotiate with the Deputy Attorney General, and litigate your matter before the Office of Administrative Hearings.
As a licensed registered nurse, you ask for the trust of your patients each and every day. You treat your patients as people, and not just a list of symptoms. You need an attorney with experience in defending Nursing Accusations to do the same. With a holistic approach, our office’s goal is to persuade the Deputy Attorney General and/or the Office of Administrative Hearings that our nurse clients are much more than a list of deviations outlined within the Accusation. That our nurses have achieved Nursing degrees, have put their wellbeing on the line to treat patients during a global pandemic, cared for patients at the most vulnerable moments, earned the respect of their employers and the admiration of their peers.
To read more about how our office assists nurses: Nursing License Defense Attorney
See Also: Everything You Need to Know about California’s Nursing Practice Act