Kentucky Board KARE

Has anyone successfully had disciplinary action removed from their license?

Upon searching my license, it shows I am enrolled in KARE plus it shows the disciplinary report of why I was placed into KARE. When I questioned my CM about it, she stated that it was necessary given my actions and that they "may consider removing it" once my 5 years is up. 

Just curious if its worth consulting an attorney over. I am only 7 months into my KARE agreement and I'm struggling to find a nursing job -- I know that's why.

It's not possible for the BON to delete the entry regarding your disciplinary history.  After your recovery and monitoring is done, the license will show that it is no longer in disciplinary status on nursy's, but it will show you have a history and that history will be viewable.  That's for life.  No lawyer in America can get that removed.  But.......after your time is done with recovery and monitoring, etc, your license will show Unencumbered, non disciplinary status, no issues, etc, but.......it will still show "reports" or "documents history" tab under your license that allows someone to click that tab and see your history.  That's legal in all 50 states and a lawyer can not touch it.  Has no effect on it and can not get it removed.  It's been challenged in courts many, many, times, and they all lost. 

What I hate so bad is, im so stupid and thought using THC on a vacation right before a travel contract was a good idea. So I had issues with the pre employment drug screen. I hired a lawyer and everything thinking it would help my case but instead I got 1 year of monitoring and have the disciplinary action no my license and it does not say it was for thc. It's just vague and says a drug related but or something along those lines but doesn't say what. I don't know im it would even matter to if it did or not. I was under the impression after finishing my year of monitoring and paying all the fines I would have the record dropped. Either way im so mad at myself. I wasn't even employed at the time of the drug screen. I know it's wrong bc thc is still a drug but this has hung over my head this whole time and I feel so embarrassed. 

SheelaDavis said:

It's not possible for the BON to delete the entry regarding your disciplinary history.  After your recovery and monitoring is done, the license will show that it is no longer in disciplinary status on nursy's, but it will show you have a history and that history will be viewable.  That's for life.  No lawyer in America can get that removed.  But.......after your time is done with recovery and monitoring, etc, your license will show Unencumbered, non disciplinary status, no issues, etc, but.......it will still show "reports" or "documents history" tab under your license that allows someone to click that tab and see your history.  That's legal in all 50 states and a lawyer can not touch it.  Has no effect on it and can not get it removed.  It's been challenged in courts many, many, times, and they all lost. 

I'm confused. When I asked my case manager about it, she said that once I successfully complete the KARE program my case will be reviewed to have the discipline removed, as long as there are no further noncompliance issues. But you seem to be telling me that it will never be removed. So are they just feeding me garbage to keep me quiet? 
It just seems very unfair. I take responsibility for what I did but I have met a lot of nurses throughout this whole ordeal, many of whom have relapsed or faced legal action... things way worse than what I did. And none of them have any disciplinary action on their license.