Has anyone ever surrendered their license and got it back later?

ruby_jane, BSN, RN · Feb 27, 2020

If you enter "surrender my license" or similar in the search bar at the top left you may find what you're looking for.

Most of us would encourage you not to do so. Good luck.

mississippiRN71 · Feb 27, 2020

If you haven't already surrendered , I wouldn't do it! I've seen horror stories on here about all the hoops you have to go through to get it back.

lalakay · Feb 27, 2020

I surrendered it without legal guidance in 2017 because I substituted a drug/alcohol test and admitted it. The test csme back dirty for cocaine. I did not use drugs whatsoever, but I wasn't supposed to drink alcohol and I did have a glass of wine.

I was afraid the ETOH would show up. However, they retested my urine and even did a hair analysis both were negative for any substances.

The board said I couldn't be trusted even though I was honest and owned up to my mistake.

I crushed my own heart surrendering, but I was afraid of going to a higher court and having it revoked for 5 years.

I am retaining a lawyer.

chadprepton, ADN · Mar 1, 2020

On 2/27/2020 at 4:45 PM, lalakay said:
I surrendered it without legal guidance in 2017 because I substituted a drug/alcohol test and admitted it. The test csme back dirty for cocaine. I did not use drugs whatsoever, but I wasn't supposed to drink alcohol and I did have a glass of wine.
I was afraid the ETOH would show up. However, they retested my urine and even did a hair analysis both were negative for any substances.
The board said I couldn't be trusted even though I was honest and owned up to my mistake.
I crushed my own heart surrendering, but I was afraid of going to a higher court and having it revoked for 5 years.
I am retaining a lawyer.

Did they say why they couldn't trust you? Mine explained exactly why they could when I followed what they asked.