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Connecticut DPH opens disciplinary hearing in nurse licensing case
Summary
Hearing Officer Aiden Baum convened a public administrative hearing on July 21, 2026 (docket 2020And85) to consider charges against nurse Melanie Gombos; parties identified counsel, and Board exhibits and scheduling notices were entered into the record.
Hearing Officer Aiden Baum opened the public hearing at 10:00 a.m. on July 21, 2026, for docket number 2020And85 and noted the proceeding was held under the general statutes and regulations of Connecticut state agencies. "My name is Aiden Baum and I am the hearing officer appointed to determine a proposed findings of facts and conclusions of law and then prepare a proposed memorandum of decision for the Board of Examiners of Nursing," he said when introducing the scope of the proceeding.
Julian Gutayas, staff counsel for the Department of Public Health, and Attorney Richard Brown, counsel for the respondent, identified themselves for the record; Brown stated the respondent was Melanie Gombos. The hearing officer marked six Board exhibits (including a notice of hearing dated 03/05/2026 and a notice of continued hearing dated 04/24/2026) and entered them as full exhibits after both parties declined to object. The hearing is scheduled to follow the Department's and Board's procedural rules for an administrative adjudication before the Board of Examiners of Nursing.
