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Board of Examiners for Nursing adds agenda items, approves March 5 minutes; chair says nursing regs review is coming
Summary
At its March 19 meeting the Connecticut Board of Examiners for Nursing voted to add a summary suspension and two memoranda of decision to the agenda, approved the March 5 minutes and the chair said a scheduled review of the board’s nursing regulations will begin this spring or summer.
The Board of Examiners for Nursing added a summary suspension and two memoranda of decision to its March 19 agenda and approved minutes from the March 5 meeting, Chair Gina Reiners said.
The board voted to add a summary suspension for Anna M. Valente (RN, petition number 2024-1532) and memorandum-of-decision items for Michelle McDonald (petition number 2022-1111) and Vivian Doraine Crozdale (petition number 2024-288) after a motion from Cindy Arpin and a second from member Sal (last name not specified). The chair called for verbal yays and recorded unanimous approval.
The board then voted to accept the March 5, 2025 minutes. Cindy Arpin moved to accept the minutes; Lisa Freeman seconded. In a roll call Chair Reiners recorded votes as: Cindy Arpin, aye; Sal, aye; Mary Dieteman, abstain (absent for that meeting); Lisa Freeman, aye; Gina Reiners, aye. The motion passed and the minutes were approved as written.
Reiners used her chair update to tell members that the Department of Public Health intends to begin a review and update of the board’s nursing regulations in the spring or summer. She said all board members will have opportunities to provide feedback and that Department staff (identified by board members as including Dante) had begun the process. Member Mary Dieteman and others noted the National Council of State Boards of Nursing (NCSBN) is revising model acts and rules, and Dieteman, Cindy Arpin and other members urged the board to reference NCSBN materials while updating state rules.
Reiners also announced two new board appointees to fill LPN vacancies whose start date is April 2: Diane Whitley (listed as an LPN) and Alexis Rivera (listed as a BSN RN appointed to an LPN vacancy). Board members asked the chair to verify each appointee’s licensure matches the vacancy classification before they take their seats.
The chair confirmed Department of Public Health staff on the call included Suzanne Cammarata, nurse consultant; Dana Dahl; Helen Smith; and Brett Moody. Assistant Attorney General Alina Bricklin Goldstein and Assistant Attorney General Elizabeth Bannon also were present and advised the board on regulatory questions.
The board recessed for a 15-minute break at about 10:05 a.m. and planned to return at 10:20 a.m.
Relevance: The agenda additions and minutes are formal board actions; the upcoming regulation review will guide future licensing and program oversight changes.
