Applicants to the Division of Nursing are advised that prior to entering any clinical nursing course they are required to have a criminal background record check in accordance with Mississippi Statue 43-11-13 regarding health care workers. If the student has any felonies or disqualifying events, he/she will be subject to exclusion from the Division of Nursing.
Applicants to the Division of Nursing are advised that upon completion of degree requirements the Board of Nursing "shall have power to ...deny any application for a license..."
This includes a person who:
(a) Has committed fraud or deceit in securing or attempting to secure such license;
(b) Has been convicted of a felony, or a crime involving moral turpitude or has had accepted by a court of plea of nolo contendere to a felony or crime involving moral turpitude;
(c) Is addicted to or dependent on alcohol or other habit-forming drugs or is a habitual use of narcotics, barbiturates, amphetamines, hallucinogens, or other drugs having a similar effect.
(d) Has engaged in any other conduct, whether of the same or of a different character...that would constitute a crime as defined in Title 97 of the Mississippi Code of 1972.
(State of Mississippi, Nursing Practice Rules & Regulations, February 2004. www.msbn.ms.us)
Applicants to the Division of Nursing are advised that upon completion of degree requirements the Board of Nursing "shall have power to ...deny any application for a license..."
This includes a person who:
(a) Has committed fraud or deceit in securing or attempting to secure such license;
(b) Has been convicted of a felony, or a crime involving moral turpitude or has had accepted by a court of plea of nolo contendere to a felony or crime involving moral turpitude;
(c) Is addicted to or dependent on alcohol or other habit-forming drugs or is a habitual use of narcotics, barbiturates, amphetamines, hallucinogens, or other drugs having a similar effect.
(d) Has engaged in any other conduct, whether of the same or of a different character...that would constitute a crime as defined in Title 97 of the Mississippi Code of 1972.
(State of Mississippi, Nursing Practice Rules & Regulations, February 2004. www.msbn.ms.us)
