Texas Board of Nursing v. B.J.

Facts: Our client B.J., had a prior Texas Board of Nursing (“BON”) board order from 2016 that she was unable to successfully complete. She was effectively made un-hirable by the order and could not complete the remaining employment conditions cited in the order. Ultimately this left B.J. with a board order, forever over her head, with no ability to comply with the conditions. B.J. was no longer even in the field of nursing she needed to be in, in order to complete the order.

Outcome: Bertolino LLP initiated this matter and was able to get B.J.’s matter on the docket to be heard before the BON. They argued that her order was ripe for modification of conditions in order to allow her to complete the order and put this matter to rest. They argued that her employment conditions must be modified as how they stood, made her un-hirable. They argued that her current employment should count towards the condition and enable her to close out her order. They argued she was not a danger or a risk to the public and the current conditions were not meant to effectively suspend her license. After arguments, BON agreed and modified the order.