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I just started out this nightmare of a journey after being terminated for suspicion of narcotic diversion. I already hired a lawyer who said that after speaking with the AG office, that they are pursuing felony criminal charges. Do you have any advice or words of wisdom after your ordeal? My.lawyer said that his goal is going to be to hopefully get the charge dropped down to a misdemeanor although Im not sure how realistic that is..

Has anyone had their license suspended or revoked after hiring a good attorney? I am still in the beginning of my legal battles but my lawyer has already spoken with the attorney general who indicated that charges would be filed for narc diversion. I'm not sure if my lawyer is more so about the $$ or if he's holding out hope that he can get this charge dropped to a misdemeanor. I wasn't actually found to have narcotics on me that day I got fired but I did voluntarily submit to a urine test which I'm pretty sure came back positive from an expired script I had. Nonetheless, my attorney is requesting $10k for retention for legal charges as well as dealing with BON discipline. Just wanted to see if anyone had any similar stories or scenarios.

That's my concern as well. I know everything just happened so it will be a drawn out process but the hospital did say they were required to notify attorney general and dea and that they may be contacting me. It's the weekend so all I've been doing is stressing myself out but trying to keep busy and not think too much about it.

Aw congrats! If anything I may just self report to the BON and leave a message for the monitoring program and wait for them to reach out to me. When you self reported was it seen as a positive outlook for accountability or did they not mention anything at all? Unfortunately for me I will need to find work to supplement income while I am going through all of this because I am a single parent. I've given it over to GOD but I am hoping that they only place med administration restrictions on my license and still let me work in like an outpatient setting or case management or something along those lines. That's why I was considering a nurse lawyer to help guide me

That's a refreshing story to hear and I'm glad everything worked out for you. The HR rep did give me the number to the monitoring program but I wasn't sure if I wanted to call or speak with a lawyer first. I'm in PA and have also heard horror stories of signing up with the monitoring program and agreeing to all these stipulations that could have potentially been avoided had a legal representative been consulted and present. It's still early on in my situation but Im praying for a speedy and realistic outcome. I have no one to blame but myself for all of this so accountability has already been taken

Yes, I have only received an initial consult but have not hired anyone yet. I was going back and forth between getting a criminal defense lawyer that specializes in BON situations or just a regular criminal lawyer. I was told by the hospital that I would be receiving a call from the attorney general and/or DEA investigator but have not yet heard anything yet.

Just looking for some advice and/or insight from other nurses who have dealt with their states BON for suspicion or accusations of drug diversion. In my scenario, I was questioned by hospital administrators for diverting opiates. I did take accountability for the situation and was honest during my interview. I was fired which was expected, and was told I would be reported to the BON. This occured 2 weeks ago and I have since spoken to nurse lawyers but have not heard from BON yet. I was thinking of reaching out to our states peer nurse monitoring program but I've seen other responses from people to wait for a lawyer first before talking with anyone from there. So just not sure what to do or what road to take next

How did the interview go with the board and lawyer? I was just fired from my job a couple weeks ago for suspicion of diverting and have since retained a lawyer but haven't heard from the BON yet