Department of Public Health seeks revocation of nurse's license; respondent says she was defrauded

Hearing Officer Stacy Shulman opened a regulatory hearing in the matter of the Department of Public Health v. Albertsa Dafinis and admitted multiple exhibits into the record as the Department sought revocation of Dafinis's nursing license.

The Department, represented by attorney Joelle Newton, said a notarized affidavit from Joel Lubin, the operator of Ideal Institute, and other investigative materials show Dafinis "has not in fact completed the required program hours and clinical training necessary to obtain a nursing associate of science" and therefore "should not be having a nursing license," Newton told the hearing officer.

Attorney Bridal Wallace, representing the respondent, countered that Dafinis is "a victim of fraud," saying she completed the majority of her classes and clinical instruction at legitimate schools and has worked in nursing…