PA Dept of Nursing Legal question

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Hello all, I can't find the answer for this over google so I'm asking fellow nurses.... I just had a misdemeanor charged on my record of disorderly conduct, and I'm trying to figure out if I have to report this to the Dept of Nursing for PA? And, if I do have to report it, how do I do that? Thanks for any help. cheers.

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Specializes in Telemetry, Ortho, Resp, Float Pool.

you should contact the pa bon and find out if it needs to be reported and if so, what the reporting process entails. i think that you will run into trouble when you go to renew your license otherwise. honesty is always the best policy. if you don't need to report it-they will tell you and if you do then you are doing what needs to be done-especially before your license renewal comes up. part of being a great nurse is being pro-active. it always looks better if you self report it than if it gets "found out."

here's the contact info for the state board:

state board of nursing

po box 2649

harrisburg, pa 17105-2649

phone: 717-783-7142

fax: 717-783-0822

e-mail: [email protected]

good luck!

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Specializes in ob/gyn med /surg.

honesty is the best policy.. they will find out if you don't tell them .. it's better to tell them first , then not saying anything and them finding it.. it will be trouble that way.... being a nurse is about honesty....

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Specializes in home health, dialysis, others.

I believe they ask if you have had any felonies. But it never hurts to check.

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