A Disciplinary Action or Agreed Order Is Forever

Taralynn Mackay — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 15:10:11 +0000

Disciplinary actions or Agreed Orders remain on a nurse’s license forever. When stipulations/restrictions are placed on the license, the nurse’s license is encumbered and those restrictions show up on the license when the license is verified (for example, the verification page will show “Warning with Stipulations” or “Remedial Education”). Once the stipulations/restrictions are completed and the Board sends a letter of completion to the nurse, the verification page will show clear; however, the disciplinary history remains. If asked if the nurse has ever been sanctioned or disciplined*, the nurse will have to answer “yes.”

Recently, I have received several inquiries regarding “setting aside board orders.” This cannot be done and this is misinformation. While criminal incidents can sometimes be expunged or sealed, administrative actions currently cannot be removed from one’s license. Once a disciplinary action occurs, the history remains even once the “probation” is complete.

* The Texas BON currently asks, “Has any licensing authority refused to issue you a license or ever revoked, annulled, cancelled, accepted surrender of, suspended, placed on probation, refused to renew a professional license, certificate or multi-state privilege held by you now or previously, or ever fined, censured, reprimanded or otherwise disciplined you?” to obtain information about past disciplinary actions.

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A Disciplinary Action or Agreed Order Is Forever