A Department of Public Health attorney told an administrative hearing that a nurse’s Connecticut license should be revoked because her application and school transcript contain inaccurate or false information, and do not show the clinical hours or an associate degree required for licensure.

“The evidence is clearly overwhelming that the respondent does not have the required clinical hours or training and an associate’s degree in nursing to hold a Connecticut nursing license,” the Department attorney said during closing arguments, citing an affidavit from Joel Lubin and discrepancies between the respondent’s application and her testimony.

The Department’s attorney criticized the applicant’s documents, saying the application listed attendance at a school called Bridal between 2016 and 2017 while the respondent testified she attended in 2018. Counsel said the transcript shows no transferred courses from Saint Vincent’s College despite the respondent’s claim that many credits were transferred, and that a course described as "critical thinking and the nursing process" appeared on the transcript as credit received while licensed as an LPN rather than as an associate-level course at Bridal.

Defense attorney Attorney Wallace countered that the affidavit from Joel Lubin should be viewed skeptically. “There’s an affidavit from Joel Lubin, which essentially admits he was running a scam,” Wallace said, arguing the record relies heavily on Lubin’s statements and that much of the respondent’s coursework — "out of 74 credit hours from Saint Vincent’s College" — was completed at legitimate institutions.

Wallace urged a remedy short of revocation, suggesting the respondent be allowed to take the one missing class rather than have her license revoked, and emphasized that the respondent testified she did not knowingly provide false information.

The presiding officer said they will thoroughly review the full record and issue a proposed decision to the nursing board, which will make the final determination. The officer then closed the record.

No final decision or vote was announced at the hearing.