Sunflw37

I just got my statement of issues from the attorney general the end of August. Basically it is a legal document that states the board's case against me and my license. I agreed to settle rather than go to court. A hearing would be 8-10 months away and the outcome would likely be unfavorable anyway. The board offered me a settlement about 3 weeks after the SOI. It is the standard agreement that they give to most offenders, licensed or not yet licensed. I blew a .24 so I got all the standard stipulations plus most of the extreme ones. These can be looked up on the board's website. 1-19 include 3 years probation with drug/alcohol testing, counseling, physical and mental doctor's examinations, mandatory nursing classes, supervision as a RN from another RN. You cannot work in home health or any temp agency, flight nurse, or any job where someone would not be able to supervise. You can also not be a supervisor or in charge of anyone else's job duties. You promise to obey all laws, not take any mind altering substance including alcohol, work as an RN under supervision, take the classes, counseling and anything else the Dr or shrink advise. There is a monitor assigned to you that follows your progress and can make changes to the agreement as you go depending on your progress/ reports from Drs, boss', drug tests, monitor ect. Nothing you have already done counts towards any of these things. It must all be done again so the monitor can track it. I agreed to these terms and now I have to wait for the board members to approve the deal, which they only meet about once a month. At that point I will get my license and be assigned a monitor to begin my probation agreement.

I submitted my application to the BRN the first week of January. Got denied in March but chose to take the NCLEX and not find out my results. I took the NCLEX April 4th. My file was sent to the Attorney General's office mid April. I just last Saturday August 24th received my Statement of Issues from the AG. This is a written case against me from the AG stating that the board had denied me and I am appealing. My choices now are attempt to settle with the board or have an official hearing. From what I have heard it is pointless to schedule a hearing because they are so backlogged that it would not be until next March 2014! Hopefully within the next few weeks I will hear back about an offer from the board to settle.

I'm in a similar situation and I had a couple questions for you... What was your BAC if you don't mind? I just graduated in Dec 2012 and have a DUI from 2010 that has been dissmissed by the court earlier this year. I was initially denied but allowed to still take the NCLEX after 3 months of waiting for my denial letter. I took the test but part of the agreement was that I would not know my results until my appeal is dealt with. I took the NCLEX April 4th and haven't heard anything yet. I tried to pierson vue trick and got the good pop up but I'm not sure if that works in my case. So frustrated just waiting... Is there a department at the Attorney General's office that will give updates? The BRN would not give me any information other than to wait... How long did it take to get your stipulated agreement or any contact from the AG?

If you are interested in moving to California I just finished an accelerated 2nd bachelor's program at Samuel Merritt University. There are several campuses that have the accelerated program and it's basically a very expensive but only 12 month intense program. We had 24 hours a week, usually 2 12s as well as 3-4 days a week of all day class. Good education, but pretty expensive.

I feel your pain. I graduated in Dec 2012 and applied in early Jan 2013 with a DUI 0.24 :-( from 2010 on my record. All fines are paid, all classes and everything else have been completed for a while. I even got it expunged but I still got denied. Signed the waiver and took the test April 4th. Waiting on the Attorney General's office to contact me with a stipulated settlement still. I have another classmate that has been waiting since February... Sucks to not know how the test went. I got 104 questions but I feel good about it. We'll see...