Daily Archives: January 10th, 2012

Rehabilitation, the DOJ, the FBI and Your DUI and Other Criminal Convictions as a Registered Nurse

Rehabilitation, the DOJ, the FBI and Your DUI and Other Criminal Convictions  as a Registered Nurse You will not automatically lose your RN license for a DUI.  The Board will need to know about it and they will be mostly concerned with whether or not this will be an ongoing behavior and if you are [...]

Nursing License and Criminal Convictions: Quick and Helpful Facts for Reporting to the Board

Nursing License and Criminal Convictions:   Quick and Helpful Facts for Reporting to the Board 1.  You do not have to report an arrest if you were not convicted.   2.  If you do get a DUI conviction you will have to report it by your next renewal, if not sooner.   3.  You do [...]

What the Board of Registered Nursing Needs to Satisfy the Reporting Requirements

What the Board of Registered Nursing Needs to Satisfy the Reporting Requirements 1.  A detailed written explanation describing the circumstances and events that led to your arrest(s) and conviction(s), including date and place of arrest; arresting agency; court where case was heard; and sentencing information, including fines, courses, counseling, restitution, probation, parole, community service, and [...]

Your Nursing License and DUI’s, Infractions, Misdemeanors and Felonies

Your Nursing License and DUI’s, Infractions, Misdemeanors and Felonies In the following discussion, reference is made to Sections 1000 and 1203.4 of the Penal Code.  If you have been deferred to Sections 1000 and 1203.4 since the last time you renewed your license, you will need to report that to the Board of Registered Nursing upon [...]

Information for Doctors and Nurses if You are Convicted of a DUI

Information for Doctors and Nurses if You are Convicted of a DUI   According to California Drunk Driving Law by James Publishing, a widely used and coveted Law Book that is considered to be “The Bible of Drunk Driving Defense”™, the Division of Medical Quality of the Medical Board of California, a branch of the [...]

Consequences for Judges with a DUI Arrest

Consequences for Judges with a DUI Arrest     In Kennick v. Com’n on Judicial Performance (1990) 50 C3d 297, 267 CR 293, a judge was removed for dishonest conduct related to a drunk driving arrest, but not for the conviction itself, since it was a nolo plea and the offense itself was not charged [...]