License after violation of company policy (HIPAA) PLEASE HELP!

[keyaira]

I have asked this before and haven't gotten any replies. Someone please help! I'm freaking out! Does anyone know if you can be denied a nursing license (particularly Indiana) if you have been fired from a job for a HIPAA violation? Here are the details:

Basically I read H&P's on trauma patients and accessed their charts when I wasn't allowed.

In my defense, I realize now that it is wrong. At the time, I didn't realize what I was doing was wrong, because I wasn't talking about it. It was 4 years ago and I now know what I did was wrong.

My licensure application had to go to the board director for review and I still haven't heard anything. I've looked at all the board meeting minutes for the last couple years and haven't seen where anyone was denied a license or where they had to appeal a denial so i'm keeping my fingers crossed!

SOMEBODY PLEASE GIVE ME INPUT!

[shannahan]

First, is this something you had to disclose? I guess I'm asking, does the board know about it?

If so, did you send a letter in with your application explaining it? If you did, I would just call them and ask the status.