Tenn. Comp. R. & Regs. 1000-01-.06 - APPLICANTS WHO ARE GUILTY OF CRIME OR HAVE DISCIPLINE IN ANOTHER STATE
(1) The Board is concerned about individuals
with criminal histories who apply for licensure as nurses. The Board 's concern
stems from the fact that nurses care for patients in a variety of settings,
including patients' homes, where there may be no other health care providers
and no other person to witness what nurses are doing. Patients are often
vulnerable, both physically and emotionally. Nurses have access to personal
information about patients and/or the patients' families. Nurses have access to
patients' property and provide intimate care to patients. The Board believes
that persons who receive nursing care and their families should be able to have
confidence that an individual licensed by the Board does not have a history of
mistreatment, neglect, violence, cheating, defrauding the public, or otherwise
taking advantage of another person. In making decisions on applicants with
criminal histories the Board will follow the applicable provisions of the
"Fresh Start Act" found at T.C.A. § 63-1-130.
(2) Any individual who applies for any
license and supplies false or incomplete information to the Board on an
application for licensure regarding the individual's criminal record or record
of discipline in another state will be denied said license.
Notes
Authority: T.C.A. §§ 63-1-130, 63-7-101, 63-7-115, and 63-7-207.
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