Articles Tagged With 'California'
Many California Health Workers Not Checked for Criminal Pasts
California's failure to check the criminal backgrounds of health professionals extends well beyond nurses, encompassing tens of thousands of doctors, dentists, psychiatric technicians and therapists. As many as a third of the state's 937,100 licensed healthcare workers have not been screened through fingerprint checks, according to a December 2008 estimate.
Board Knew of Nurses’ Criminal Records But Took Years to Act
Even in cases when vocational nurses reported their own felony convictions, the vocational nursing board failed to act in a timely manner.
California Nursing Board Will Require Fingerprints From All Licensees
The California Board of Registered Nursing approved emergency regulations requiring all licensees to submit fingerprints shortly after a Los Angeles Times/ProPublica story revealed that dozens of convicted criminals had kept their licenses for years.
California Takes Steps to Probe Nurses’ Criminal Backgrounds
California regulators announced emergency measures to investigate the criminal backgrounds of all registered nurses in the state, days after the Los Angeles Times and ProPublica reported that dozens of nurses had kept their licenses for years despite multiple convictions.
