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Background check

Hello everyone,

I am currently looking into starting nursing school in October. I live in Flordia and I know you need to pass a background check before becoming licensed. I have a misdemeanor for petit larceny over 7 years ago. It has been taken care of and I haven't been in trouble since. Will this prevent me from getting a license? All the information I can find says it goes by a case by case situation. I was wondering if anybody has a misdemeanor charge or has been through anything similar and still became a nurse or if it's not even worth trying, thank you.

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    Did you ever get an answer for your question? I too am wondering about this. I have a petty theft misdemeanor from 5 years old. I graduated in July, took my NCLEX and passed a week ago and now my state boards are showing “pending case review”. Everyone else is receiving their license numbers.

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    @vmoore1990Were you able to get your license. I am taking the boards in July and wondering about this as I have a petty theft from 5 years ago that has been expunged.

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    Got into nursing school no problem. Taking boards next year so IDK.....

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    Hey! So yes, I did get my license. Are you absolutely sure your charge was expunged? I thought mine was, but it was just deferred. A deferred charge MUST be reported to your state boards (where your application asks about criminal charges), and also reported to your employer. Anyone can still see deferred charges. Expunged charges do not need to be reported. But make sure you are absolutely correct that your charges were expunged, because if you don’t self report your charge, the state can hold your license for dishonesty. I didn’t report because I didn’t think I had to and I had to practically beg and apologize profusely to get my license.

    So, to summarize: Report all deferred charges. You do not have to report expunged. They do give licenses to people with a petty theft charge.

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