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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