The California Board of Registered Nursing has made important changes to the duty of a nurse to report a criminal conviction or other license discipline and to cooperate with the Board’s investigation of that conviction.  We have begun to see Board staff implement this new law in 2016.

Under Title 16 California Code of Regulations

As of 2012, the Department of Real Estate now requires its licensed brokers and real estate salespersons to report certain “adverse events” to the Department.  Business and Professions Code §10186.2 requires a licensee to make a report, in writing, within 30 days if any of the following occur:

–         A licensee is charged with a