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Respondent at Connecticut nursing-board hearing denies diverting patient medications; Department seeks revocation and fine
Summary
At a licensing hearing, Department counsel told the nursing board investigators verified a patient—s lorazepam prescription was found on the respondent—s property and urged revocation and a civil fine; the respondent denied taking patient medication but acknowledged giving her own prescriptions to a coworker and asked for mitigation.
The Connecticut nursing board heard testimony on allegations that retired nurse Liza Paulson removed a patient—s lorazepam from a facility and provided controlled substances to a coworker, with Department of Public Health counsel urging revocation of her license and a civil penalty.
Department investigator Mister Sebastian testified that coworker number 1 reported seeing a patient—s blister pack of lorazepam on a dining-room table at Paulson—s residence and that investigators later confirmed the patient had a lorazepam prescription. "Taking medication outside of our organization would be considered diversion," Sebastian said in questioning by counsel.
Paulson, sworn…
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