I was accused of being impaired at work. I was taken for a drug test and provided two separate urine samples, hours apart. The first sample was falsely positive for oxycodone, very high level with no metabolites. The second was completely clean. The hospital required me to report to HPRP and I refused, was fired. They stated that they would report me to the Michigan BON.
That was 6 months ago and I have heard nothing!!!! My license remains in good standing. Is it normal for it to take this long?? What are you experiences with the time frame from incident to notification from the state?
I think most of the time they consider it time served... since you are in hprp. By the time BON gets involved... they don’t know you are in hprp because it’s confidential... hprp does not report anything to BON. Then once your lawyer says nurse has been in hprp for x months and compliant.. they may still do an investigation and say suspended license for 60 days but time serves so you can still keep working.
Just an update if anyone is interested- my situation happened the beginning of August 2019 and just now, I finally heard from a state investigator. Never received a letter. She just called me out of the blue, asking for my side of the story.
Wait!! I have heard many nurses got burned just that way!! They gave information verbally to investigator and then regretted it immediately... beware... they are NOT ever on your side.
And the bottom line is that you DID have a positive.... I don’t understand the metabolites thing... it’s still a positive... they will come for you. You never said... were you under the influence of any sort? Did you truly NOT take any meds... if so.. fight it HARD....if not... still fight but get a lawyer and go from there. Good luck
they look at positive as a positive... not sure how you can determine false positive ?♀️
Wait!! I have heard many nurses got burned just that way!! They gave information verbally to investigator and then regretted it immediately... beware... they are NOT ever on your side.
Thanks for your concern and support! I don’t have any regrets talking to her, it’s all corroborated by facts on paper.
I was surprised to hear from them during the pandemic as well but they are probably at home catching up on back logged cases.
A lack of metabolites is physically impossible, to be in a urine test, it has to be metabolized and therefore positive for metabolites. That’s why you can not crush up a pill, put it in your urine, and have a truly positive drug test.
I will continue to give updates. She did say that I won’t hear anything more until once the state reopens.
@rn1965@Jim Rockford I laughed out loud when I saw rn1965’s response. I guess that I wasn’t the ONLY one that saw “Jim Rockford’s” name & started humming along to the old Rockford Files theme song!
And thanks, @Jim Rockford- now I can’t get that twangy 1970s-era harmonica solo out of my head! ???
I'm riding in my old Camaro with that tune in my head. Hubby driving
Bravo-rn47
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I think most of the time they consider it time served... since you are in hprp. By the time BON gets involved... they don’t know you are in hprp because it’s confidential... hprp does not report anything to BON. Then once your lawyer says nurse has been in hprp for x months and compliant.. they may still do an investigation and say suspended license for 60 days but time serves so you can still keep working.