conditions of probation

Editor’s Note: this article was written and posted on March 24, 2020, during the COVID-19 global pandemic.  It reflects a state of affairs in California that changes hourly.  The information contained may be out of date.

California continues to experience extremely high demand for nurses in critical care settings to response to the COVID-19 outbreak. 

We have successfully saved many RNs in California from license revocation after serious, lengthy Accusations were filed against them.  As a consequence of a pattern of convictions or a serious mistake, RNs often have to serve a period of probation with the Board of Registered Nursing.  The most common length of a probation term is

The agreement by which almost all California license discipline or denial cases are settled is called a stipulated settlement.  In a stipulated settlement, a licensee or license applicant usually makes admissions of some wrongdoing and agrees to accept an administrative sanction.  The stipulated settlement is usually prepared by the attorney for the licensing agency, which