Lisamarie3

Did you receive a notice yet? I am currently going through something similar in Illinois. I didn't even realize I had anything in my background to disclose and apparently I have misdemeanors from Indiana when I was in my Undergraduate at IU. They are from underage drinking and all happened with in 6 months of each other. I had never been in trouble with the law before these "tickets" (I thought they where just tickets since I paid and did pre-trial diversion programs). I also have never been in trouble with the law since these situations. To top it all off, these happened 13 years ago! I literally am at a loss because these have never come up in my background before and I've held several jobs in healthcare. I have worked for non-profits and even did clinical at the Veterans Association. Not a SINGLE time did anyone stop and tell me I was failing to disclose anything. If I knew I had something to disclose, I would of done it right away...I have nothing to hid!

I have a somewhat similar situation going on. I recently sat and took my NCLEX-PN in Illinois and received a letter that I passed. I sent in the required money for the license and today I was looking to see if I have been provided a license number yet. To my surprise, my profile on the state board now says that my FBI background check can back as denied/rejected. I am at a complete loss. After calling the BON, I found out that they usually do this if they find that you didn't disclose a criminal record on your application. I had no idea what they were talking about at first, then I remembered I got a drinking ticket in Bloomington Indiana in 2007 (13 years ago). I was getting my Bachelor of Science degree in Therapeutic Recreation and was 20 years old when it happened. I had absolutely NO IDEA that this was even on a record somewhere. I have held several healthcare jobs and been certified as a CNA and CTRS since 2010. It has never been brought to my attention...even when I did clinical last year at the V.A near Chicago. Does anyone have any opinion on what to do? I would of honestly disclosed any information and provided any documentation if I would of known this was on my record.