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I am graduating nursing school in December. I submitted a declaratory form with all supporting documents of dismissal and paid to register for the NCLEX...then I received a letter a few days later from the TX BON. It stated that I had to pay $150 for my case to be reviewed by the enforcement department. I took the money order to the offices and handed it in myself. The woman there said it would take a minimum of four months to review the case. I am sick because I wanted to start my job and the place I want to work will start new grads off in Feb. If the four month time frame, (at the minimum), is true...I guess I will just have to wait. :crying2:

The charges were for Violating a Protective Order, compliments of a rocky marriage to say the least. They were misdemeanors and they were dismissed. I am just praying that the process maybe wont take so long. Has anyone ever experienced a more favorable time frame with the TX BON for enforcement review? :uhoh3:

Specializes in Hem/Onc.

Hey dont get discouraged, I waited almost a year I sent in my application In March and it went to enforcment in April. Since then I had to go see a psychologist that cleared me from an incident that happened almost 14 years ago. It is a very frusterating and hard time. Let me offer you some advice, always stay on top of the board of nursing. I was licensed in TX and frankly they are not very organized. After my Dr.'s evaluation I called them every week after a month of the appointment. One time they said the Dr. wasnt sending in reports, make sure you call him or her and ask what is going on. (this is your career you dont wanna wait on stupid little things like I had to) I kept calling and they kept giving me little remarks saying I was slowing the other cases because they had to pick up the phone which I always said ok goodbye call you in a week! When I was finally cleared I had to wait an extra week or two because nobody updated my information in the system. I know I sound terrible but the advice I wanna give to you is be patient be assertive and while you wait get a job in the medical field. Even if its CNA or appointment clerk stay in the nursing field while you wait. Its hard for me to see all my classmates working already and Im barely getting my GVN. AND depending on the state you live in try try to get your records sealed if you do then when they do the FBI background check it wont show up. Sure you will have to tell them anyway but it does not look so bad on you.

Best of luck to you,

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I'm very sorry to hear abt your situation. I too got transferred to enforcement and my file was transferred on the 27th. It is heart wrecking. I have prayed night and day abt this but there is nothing we can do but wait. My headache is a pending case, no arrest, no previous arrest and I was just told by my attorney that the case is gonna get dropped.because of lack of evidence against me. So if I had just shut up, I would have taken my exam. But I believed I still did the right thing. Anyway what I did is just get a job and wait. I will have my baby on April so I hope to hear something by then so I can start fresh. Keep me posted and I will do the same

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I am graduating nursing school in Decemeber. I submitted a declaratory form with all supporting documents of dismissal and paid to register for the NCLEX...then I received a letter a few days later from the TX BON. It stated that I had to pay $150 for my case to be reviewed by the enforcement department. I took the money order to the offices and handed it in myself. The woman there said it would take a minimum of four months to review the case. I am sick because I wanted to start my job and the place I want to work will start new grads off in Feb. If the four month time frame, (at the minimum), is true...I guess I will just have to wait :crying2:

The charges were for Violating a Protective Order, compliments of a rocky marriage to say the least. They were misdemeanors and they were dismissed. I am just praying that the process maybe wont take so long. Has anyone ever experienced a more favorable time frame with the TX BON for enforcement review? :uhoh3:

I too am in line waiting for the desicion of the Texas BON. My misdameanor took place 22 years ago and I had forgotten about it, so I did not report it in advance. The court where I was charged had purged it as well. I complied with the courts requests and all; it had just been so long ago. Now four years of not working going to school fulltime to get pre-requitise and the RN program done and who knows how long this will take. I am feeling a little discouraged and stressed! From the looks of previous posts it could be a while. I just recieved my letter in December of 2012 that I have been sent to enforcment. The unknown is what is so hard. Not knowing if you will get approved in 4 months, 6 months or a year from now. Just that information could help a person plan around that time. Good luck to all who are in this position!!

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Dear[COLOR=#003366]TwilightNurse,

I am sorry to hear you had to go through all this. I hope you got out of that relationship and now you will have experience to share with someone else in a similar situation and can possibly spare them this hardship. Continue to post your updates and vent when you need to. Hopefully soon we can all share our stories of triumph.

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Oh I REALLY hope you or someone will PLEASE answer me... I know this is kind of an older thread, but I am flipping out right now, and worried about my entire career being flushed down the toilet by the Texas state board of Nursing :(

I have had a license in AZ for almost ten years- Then I got a temporary TX license until I was in a bad car accident and did not work for a few years... So last summer, I submitted my application for renewal after it had lapsed for a year or so...

They sent me a letter stating that my FBI background check came back with something that they needed to investigate. I couldn't understand why, because the last time I had a run-in with the law, it was even before I had entered NURSING SCHOOL!! It was an arrest for an un-paid traffic ticket!! So they asked me to get the court documents for that incident, and I got them (from Arizona, and they didn't even have the records because it was over ten years ago- it was purged long ago...)

I figured that was all it would take, since it was so long ago, and was dismissed and gone, but I just received a letter saying that they were unable to approve my application, and my file is being transferred to the Enforcement Dept and it will take at least FOUR MONTHS! Not only am I upset about being out of work for another four months, but I am also worried as to why they have to go through this whole other process!? Over a traffic ticket from ten years ago thats been purged and gone for years? And I held a license in AZ for ten years with NO QUESTION about this incident!!! So I'm worried, are they going to deny me my license? Will I have to find a whole new career now? Forget about nursing, and all of the hard work and schooling I went through to get to become a nurse? Or is this standard? I am worried sick. I don't think I will be able to sleep tonight. If anyone can reply, and HOPEFULLY help to put my mind at ease, I would SOOOO appreciate it.... Please help!! Thank YOU!!!

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I am HOPING that someone who has experience with the issues in this thread (Enforcement Dept) can PLEASE help me by sharing their experience with it- I just received my letter from TBON stating they were sending my case to Enforcement Dept, and I am so freaked out...

I had a misdemeanor over TEN YEARS AGO for failure to appear for a TRAFFIC TICKET, and it was BEFORE I even ENTERED nursing school! I am a little shocked that they put people through ALL of this just for things such as this... When I obtained the court documents from AZ (where I was previously licensed for the last ten years with NO ISSUES OR QUESTIONS about this silly FTA thing) the court said it was so old, they had been purged and were no longer available, but the TBON still wants to send my case to enforcement.... Is this normal? Should I be concerned about never being able to work as a nurse again?? I have no idea what to do... I am really worried... if someone could please help with a reply, I would really appreciate it!!

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Has anyone been sent to enforcement with just having MIPs on their record from 5 years back or more? I havent had a ticket since I was a minor and am wondering how long the process usually takes for just MIPs.

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Specializes in Hem/Onc.

I have not had the experience of your situation...yet. But I will tell you that the BON will investigate and will probably approve you but it will take time. Worst that could happen is that you have to go get an evaluation done by a board approved doctor. I had to do that (cost $500). Im sure you will do fine, It just takes a while to get your license the Board is slow, don't hesitate to call them, If you look in the contact section go to Directory section you will find the number to the enforcement Department and the call goes through right away. I called them every week until I was cleared. They do get mad but its not there license its yours. I am endorsed in Texas and had to wait 6 months after graduating to take my Nclex. Now I moved to another state and Im afraid that I will have to wait the same amount of time. Because the process starts all over. If I were you I would apply at Federal Facilities, you don't need to be licensed in the same state to get a license the license in Arizona will work (usajobs.gov). Good luck to you

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Specializes in Hem/Onc.

It goes all the way back since you had a problem. Report anything and everything except speeding tickets. If not they might get you for withholding information. One of my classmates did that and had to wait 7 months after graduation to take her NCLEX

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I called the BON yesterday and was told that recommendations were sent to the Director on the 4th of March. I was also told this could take 4-6 weeks to receive a signature. I am a wreck, I'm scared, cannot sleep, don't know if the recommendations are to deny me my license or what. But I need to draw myself together :-( but it is so hard, I have been waiting since August of last year just to know if I will get my license or not. So depressed, just want to put a bag over my head and sleep.

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Specializes in critical care, ER,ICU, CVSURG, CCU.
I really really appreciate your reply! I have been on the edge of my seat just seeing if anyone would reply and let me know their experience. Can you tell me if they notified you of the decision by email or by regular mail? Or did you have to call in? Also do you feel that calling to check in helps or not? Again I really appreciate your response.... THANKS!

at this point calling of little benefit, they notify by snail mail :

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Specializes in Cardiac.

My case went into enforcement on Jan. 15th. No update yet from TBON, but hopefully soon.

I had a few charges for theft under $50 as a juvenile. No criminal records as an adult. And I just got my juvenile records sealed 2 months ago.

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