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Nursing board declines modified consent order for nurse with prior diversion finding; members seek longer probation and narcotics restriction
Summary
Board members rejected a department‑proposed modified consent order for Christy Ilowitz (RN), citing recent violations and urging that any new probation period begin when the board approves it and include narcotics restrictions.
The Connecticut Board of Examiners for Nursing on Oct. 1 declined to approve a modified consent order for registered nurse Christy Ilowitz, citing concerns about repeated violations of an earlier agreement and asking the department to return with a revision that starts the probation period at the board‑approved date and considers narcotic restrictions.
What the department proposed - Attorney Joelle Newton told the board the original consent order, effective April 1, 2023, placed Ilowitz on three years’ probation for diversion of morphine, oxycodone and Percocet and required random urine screening, therapy, employer reports and abstinence from alcohol and drugs. The department said Ilowitz later violated the order: a benzodiazepine…
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