A nursing license defense lawyer can help you build a strong case when your professional license is under investigation. It’s important to have strong legal defense in order to maintain your license during this time.
Our Texas nurse license defense lawyers at Bertolino LLP explain how we can help you when your license is under investigation. Read on to learn how to build a strong case and how to keep your professional license.
Why Your License Might Be Under Investigation
Facing an investigation can be a distressing experience. Several factors can trigger an investigation, and understanding why it might occur can help demystify the process and ease anxiety about the process because you have more knowledge. Here are some common reasons why your nursing license might come under investigation:
Allegations of Professional Misconduct
One of the primary reasons for an investigation is the receipt of allegations of professional misconduct. These allegations can stem from various sources, such as patients, colleagues, employers, or regulatory bodies.
Accusations of negligence, patient abuse, medication errors, or unethical behavior can all lead to an investigation of your nursing license. Taking such allegations seriously and seeking legal representation to protect your rights and build an effective defense is essential. The sooner you retain a lawyer, the easier time you and your lawyer will have defending your license.
Criminal Charges or Convictions
In cases where you face criminal charges or have been convicted of a crime, your nursing license may be subject to an investigation. Criminal offenses such as drug-related crimes, theft, assault, or fraud can significantly impact your professional standing.
Regulatory bodies have a responsibility to protect the public and maintain the trustworthiness of the nursing profession. Therefore, criminal charges or convictions can trigger an investigation of your license to assess whether the Board should continue to allow you to practice as a nurse.
Failure to Meet Continuing Education Requirements
Regulators such as the Texas Board of Nursing require nursing professionals to meet specific continuing education requirements to maintain their licenses. If you fail to fulfill these requirements, such as completing the necessary courses or obtaining the required number of continuing education credits, your license may be subject to an investigation.
It is important to stay informed about the ongoing educational obligations associated with your nursing license and maintain compliance to prevent potential investigations and disciplinary actions.
What Evidence Can Help Build a Strong Case to Maintain Your Nurse License?
When you’re facing an investigation or disciplinary proceedings, gathering compelling evidence is essential to building a strong case to defend your nurse license. The right evidence can help demonstrate your competence, professionalism, and commitment to patient care. Here are some types of evidence that can help in building a strong defense and increasing the likelihood of a positive outcome:
- Documentation of continuing education and training
- Performance evaluations and reviews
- Patient testimonials and statements
- Documentation demonstrating adherence to nursing standards
- Expert witness testimony
- Rehabilitation and remediation efforts
- Character statements from others who know your professional work and reputation
We Can Negotiate a Settlement With the Texas Board of Nursing
When your nursing license is under investigation, not knowing whether you can practice again can be stressful. However, our firm has had a lot of success with negotiating outcomes that allow our clients to continue their careers in nursing. We’ll review your case and all the details, evidence, and allegations.
Then, we’ll develop a defense strategy designed to protect your license from being revoked or suspended. We create a personalized strategy that gives you the highest chance of success. Once we have our defense strategy, we’ll start negotiating with The Texas Board of Nursing (TBON).
We’ll present you aggressively and receive feedback and more information. Then, the TBON will make a decision, which will either be to dismiss the matter, issue a corrective action (a private reprimand) or issue disciplinary action. In the case of disciplinary action, we can negotiate a fair resolution.
For example, we can negotiate that you undergo additional training and education instead of restricting your ability to practice or requiring monitoring or supervision. We work hard to get our clients their licenses back with few to no restrictions.
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Case Results We’ve Achieved for Our Clients
Our team at Bertolino LLP has over 15 years of experience defending nurses in Texas, and we have a strong, successful track record to show for it. Here are some of the case results we’ve achieved for our previous clients:
- A nurse allegedly breached professional boundaries. We prevented our client from having restrictions on their license and negotiated several significant changes to the Board’s final order.
- A Registered Nurse (RN) admitted the TBON’s allegations before working with us. The Board issued an Agreed Board Order that would’ve prevented our client from working for several potential employers. We negotiated a fair settlement, which allowed our client to choose their employment freely.
- An RN was accused of failing to maintain records for a patient. We proved that our client wasn’t employed during the time of the allegations. We prevented any sanctions from affecting the RN’s license.
These are just a few examples of the results we could obtain for you. However, it’s important that you know that we cannot guarantee that you will get the same outcome since every case is different.
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Contact Us to Learn How We Can Help When Your Nurse License Is Under Review
At Bertolino LLP, our team is ready to help you negotiate a fair settlement that ensures you keep your license to practice as a nurse. We’ll build a strong case to defend against the allegations you’re facing and use evidence to fight back and protect your license, livelihood and professional reputation.
Contact us today to learn more about how our team of nurse license defense attorneys can help.
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