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California Board Knew Of Nurses' Criminal Records But Took Years To Act
2008-11-02 01:42:58 (91 weeks ago)
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California panel lagged in revoking LVNs convicted of sex and drug crimes. The Los Angeles Times found RNs working despite convictions. "The public isn't protected," said expert.

In March 2006, a Long Beach hospital put state licensing authorities on notice: Two patients had accused a nurse of molesting them on a single night. One said that he massaged her breasts, the other that he groped her under her hospital gown, according to hospital and court records.

By year's end, licensed vocational nurse Carlito Paar Manabat, Jr., had pleaded no contest to two counts of sexual battery. He went on to serve six months in jail and register as a sex offender.

Last February, he renewed his license, checking "yes" on the application when asked if he'd been convicted of a crime.

It wasn't until July, more than two years after first being alerted to the problem, that the California Bureau of Vocational Nursing and Psychiatric Technicians took the first formal steps to revoke or restrict Manabat's license.
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