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Posted - 10/06/2010 10:08am
0 Comments | Add Comment California Nurses Required To Be Fingerprinted For License Renewal
The California Board of Registered Nursing has required new licensees to be fingerprinted since mid 1990, but not until recently has it required the same from nurses renewing their licenses. All 146,000 nurses licensed prior to August 1, 1990 wishing to renew their license, must now submit fingerprints as part of the renewal process. The California BRN submits that fingerprinting nurses will enable timely background checks of those wishing to practice nursing in California, while still revealing past criminal convictions. According to the BRN website, "The mission of the Board is to protect the health and safety of consumers by promoting quality registered nursing care in the State of California. The Board fingerprints licensees as one way of ensuring that registered nurses are safe and competent practitioners."
The requirements for getting fingerprinted are quite clear as laid out on the Board of Registered Nursing website. Licensees in California must submit Live Scan fingerprints completed in California. Ink cards or manual prints will only be accepted from licensees living in other states. Additionally, the Live Scan process must be completed even if a licensee has been printed by a previous employer or school. Fingerprints taken at LiveScan locations are transferred directly to the FBI and Department of Justice to be run against criminal background checks.
The California Board of Registered Nursing has experienced heavy criticism as of late, resulting from a recent story highlighting how many nurses in California are facing disciplinary actions in other states. The Governor and the Board are working to alleviate concerns that some of these nurses are not competent and that the board is taking too long to discover and discipline past offenses. There is no statute of limitations barring the BRN from instituting discipline actions as a result of criminal convictions which occurred many years ago.
If you are a nurse facing sanctions in California, call attorney Stacie L. Patterson. (619) 269-8074
The requirements for getting fingerprinted are quite clear as laid out on the Board of Registered Nursing website. Licensees in California must submit Live Scan fingerprints completed in California. Ink cards or manual prints will only be accepted from licensees living in other states. Additionally, the Live Scan process must be completed even if a licensee has been printed by a previous employer or school. Fingerprints taken at LiveScan locations are transferred directly to the FBI and Department of Justice to be run against criminal background checks.
The California Board of Registered Nursing has experienced heavy criticism as of late, resulting from a recent story highlighting how many nurses in California are facing disciplinary actions in other states. The Governor and the Board are working to alleviate concerns that some of these nurses are not competent and that the board is taking too long to discover and discipline past offenses. There is no statute of limitations barring the BRN from instituting discipline actions as a result of criminal convictions which occurred many years ago.
If you are a nurse facing sanctions in California, call attorney Stacie L. Patterson. (619) 269-8074
