PA BON TPP w/Past DUI

[CABGPatchKid]

Hey All,

This is my first time posting here at allnurses.com, however I have been a long term creeper and have scoured pretty much every thread I can find.

I want to preface this post by stating, what has happened in my past is just that and does not define me as a person. While I am not saying I condone it, I was young and naive and have grown tenfold as a person. However, I am not able to get a lot of information on here or any other website regarding the PA BON (not sure if that is a good/bad thing) and was just wondering if anyone else has experience with this particular state.

In 2009 I got a DUI in Virginia. I was 21 years old and invincible, and honestly think that learning from my mistake and being humble about my experience has made me a better person. Fast forward almost 10 years, I am now 30 and have graduated from with my ADN as of May 3rd. I am wondering if anyone in PA has had experience with the BON and past misdemeanors? When I asked the Director of Nursing at my school, she said they normally are more understanding if an incident occurred in the past and was isolated. I also sent in court certified documents, 3 letters of recommendation, and a statement letter. I'm just wondering if anyone has any horror/success stories with this state.

TL;DR -- has anyone had a DUI here and applied in PA for your license/NCLEX? What happened? How long did it take them to process your TPP?

Thanks!

[Stellar88]

Hi,

I am in the exact same boat. I got a DUI 9 years ago in Georgia, I was 21 and stupid and learned my lesson. Now I'm 30 and I feel like I'm still being punished for this mistake from almost a decade ago. I was told all through nursing school that this would most likely not be a problem when it came to obtaining my license. Now I've been waiting a month and half with no answer from the board. Almost all of my classmates have taken the NCLEX and are licensed. I have spoken with the BON a number of times and each time they tell me that my paperwork has to go over to the "legal" department to be evaluated. Apparently their legal team needs to confirm the allegations with the state of Georgia. However, every time I call they say it hasn't been sent to the legal department yet. The lady basically told me she was too busy to work on that right now. She also told me that their legal department can take weeks to months to get the paperwork back to her to be evaluated. She basically told me I should give up on my job opportunity because I would not be testing anytime soon. I don't want to be the bearer of bad news but I figured you would want to have all the information I have. Have you been able to speak to anybody or get any answers? I just keep holding on to hope that someone will take initiative and process my application. It feels horrible to be treated like a second class citizen because of something that happened so long ago.