Stacie L. Patterson Law Blog

For the last several months there has been a lot of negative press surrounding California nurses and their ability to continue working while awaiting disciplinary decisions.  California nurses aren't the only professionals likely to be affected by the barrage of criticism stemming from these reports.

Consumer advocates stress how much danger the public is in while nurses facing disciplinary actions are free to continue to work.   Meanwhile the disciplinary cases keep backing up in a state with ever dwindling resources.  The Department of Consumer Affairs seems to be hard at work to correct the problems going forward.  Introducing new ideas to deal with the backlog, and taking on new cases in a timely manner are just some of the examples of how the DCA hopes to fix the problem.

The information that has come to light regarding these reports of misconduct has begun to affect other professional boards as well.  The  fear that too many nurses who should have lost their licenses, but didn't, has raised concern at just how many other professionals should be investigated.  An in depth investigation can be expected to be introduced very soon, specifically targeting the healing arts boards.