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Board of Registered Nursing asks for 8 investigators as complaints rise; lawmakers probe viral complaints and bias
Summary
The Board of Registered Nursing requested $1.4 million for eight special investigator positions to handle growing complaint volumes and complexity; lawmakers asked about inspection authority, viral social‑media complaints and efforts to address implicit bias and disparate treatment.
The Board of Registered Nursing told Subcommittee 4 it seeks $1,400,000 to fund eight special investigator positions to address rising complaint workload driven by a growing licensee pool and more complex cases.
Taylor Schick, chief fiscal officer for the Department of Consumer Affairs, said the board’s licensee population has grown from about 466,000 in 2021 to over 565,000 now and that complaints referred for investigation have grown 64 percent since 2020–21. Loretta Melby (executive…
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