California’s Controlled Substance Utilization Review and Evaluation System, or C.U.R.E.S. (CURES) for short, is a prescription monitoring program aggregating DEA Schedule II, II and IV prescriptions. Maintained by the California Department of Justice and primarily used by physicians, podiatrists, dentists, physician assistants, optometrists, nurse practitioners, pharmacies and pharmacists, C.U.R.E.S. represents a massive, relatively
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RN’s License Only Reproved After Probation Shown to Be Excessive
By Fredrick Ray on
Posted in Case Results
In late 2012, we won a hard fought victory against the Board of Registered Nursing. A nurse with a stellar 40 year career was accused of forging a prescription. However, upon closer examination, the evidence showed that the nurse merely recorded a doctor’s verbal order. The nurse’s only mistakes were to not have confirmed that…