Department seeks revocation of nurse’s license after positive drug test, missed reports at Connecticut hearing

STAMFORD/REMOTE — At a Sept. 16, 2025, administrative hearing before the Connecticut Department of Public Health’s Board of Examiners for Nursing, Attorney Joelle Newton, representing the department, said the agency is asking that registered nurse Angel Predzymerski’s license be revoked for repeated violations of prior board orders and a positive drug test.

The request followed the department’s presentation of monitoring materials and prior board memoranda that, the department says, document Predzymerski’s repeated noncompliance with conditions placed on her license after earlier disciplinary orders. Levita Sukram, the department’s monitoring nurse, testified that she prepared monitoring reports and an affidavit submitted as department exhibits.

Attorney Joelle Newton for the department summarized the department’s position in her opening: “The department is asking that her license be revoked.” Newton said the department’s case rests on a history of board actions and more recent alleged violations, including a urine screen that the department reported…