Hi all!! This is my first post here and I had a question. I left the restaurant industry after 10 years with dreams of becoming a nurse, HOWEVER, i had a horrible incident many years ago and I dont know if it will affect me or not. I was FALSLEY accused of lewd and licidious behavior, the police wouldnt listen to me and i was arrested. I went to court to fight it, and the people who made the charges didnt even show up, I even found out they wouldnt even return the prosecutors phone calls. ANYWAY, my lawyer said I should just take the probationary period and that the charges would be dropped and I could then have it expunged, at the time I thought it was a great idea, so I went with it and the charges were dismissed. Now, reading these forums and how expungements mean NOTHING to the BON and everything Im scared. I have no comvictions of anything in my past, just these charges that were dismissed. Can they deny you just for something you were accused of?