CA BRN Probation

Published Mar 26, 2018

3 Posts

Hi everyone,

I had a question regarding nurses on probation in CA. Unfortunately I made a terrible decision and received a DUI. I will spare my sob story and the background information. I am forever sorry and will live with this mistake the rest of my life.

My question though is CA is not my original license and I am licensed in a few other states. I know about disclosing the conviction etc to every state; but my question is am I guaranteed to have restrictions for every state? If I want to relocate what will happen with California? I cannot surrender my license here as that will lead to being on the ineligible healthcare provider list everywhere. I have no criminal background besides this mistake. I would like to move on from this any not spend the next 3+ years with restrictions and the demands that will be placed by the BRN in CA. My immediate family is not here and I was not planning on staying here long term but now I feel stuck. If I start the probation and move does my license get revoked here? Will my original state and any other state place restrictions on my license as well?

I read on the Washington BOH website in an article they published that lists most common criminal convictions and what that would mean for licensure there (unrestricted, sanctions, denial) and it states a first offense DUI that was between 0-3 years ago will result in an unrestricted license with no action taken. Are there any other states that have similar guidelines to this issue? My home state does not lay it out like that and it appears they treat everything (besides a specified list that will always be denial) on a case by case basis.

Any other nurses that relocated from CA have similar stories? Any feedback is greatly appreciated.