FELONY AND
MISDEMEANOR RECORD CHECK
The College of Nursing
requires all entering students to submit their fingerprints to
the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Ohio Bureau
of Criminal Identification and Investigation (BCII). This
record check may reveal both students’ unsealed and sealed
convictions. Students should inform the College of
Nursing immediately of any convictions, guilty pleas or
findings of guilt that occur after enrollment in the College
of Nursing. Felony and misdemeanor records may result in an
inability to progress in the nursing program and subsequent
withdrawal from the program.
FELONY
PRECLUSION RULE FOR LICENSURE
R.C. 4723.09
In
effect for all students entering a pre-licensure nursing
program after June 1, 2003.
During the senior year of
the nursing program, as part of the application process to
take the state licensing examination (NCLEX-RN), the Ohio
Board of Nursing requires students to submit their
fingerprints to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and
the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Identification and Investigation (BCII).
If the fingerprint check reveals an egregious felony, the Ohio
Board of Nursing will deny the applicant entrance to the
examination. According to the Ohio Board of Nursing,
egregious felonies include aggravated murder, murder,
voluntary manslaughter, felonious assault, kidnapping, rape,
sexual battery, gross sexual imposition, aggravated arson,
aggravated robbery and aggravated burglary. Other felonies
will be referred to the Compliance Unit for investigation and
may result in either a denial of entrance to the examination
or licensure with a permanent and public notation of Board
action (i.e. punishment).
For information concerning the Ohio
Board of Nursing licensure requirements, see
http://www.state.oh.us.nur/.
Students who wish to be
licensed in other states should be aware that similar criminal
background check requirements may apply. Consult the
applicable state Board of Nursing for further information.
More detailed information on background screening is available
at this link:
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