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Department of Public Health moves into executive session during nurse disciplinary hearing
Summary
At a disciplinary hearing, the Department alleged a nurse supplied controlled substances to a coworker for three to four years and asked the board to revoke her nursing privileges. The board voted 4-0 to move into executive session to hear confidential medical testimony and sworn two public witnesses.
The Department of Public Health opened a disciplinary hearing alleging that a nurse, identified in the record as the respondent (Miss Paulson), provided controlled substances to a vulnerable coworker for an extended period and worked while impaired, and asked the board to remove the nurse's privilege to practice.
Attorney Joelle Newton, counsel for the Department of Public Health, told the board that "Nurses, as everybody knows, are the foundation of health care," and said the case involved a coworker who "reached out to her asking for help" and was instead supplied controlled substances "for 3 to 4 years." Newton said the coworker…
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