The Louisiana State Board of Nursing published, among its September 13, 2023 hearing actions, an order against a nurse who was practicing in Louisiana under a Nurse Licensure Compact privilege held through another state. The two charges listed were failure to cooperate with a board investigation and inappropriate acquisition or diversion of a controlled substance.
The listing gives no account of how the alleged diversion came to light or what substance was involved. The failure-to-cooperate charge shows that the board had opened an investigation, but the published entry does not describe its course.
The board ordered the nurse to cease and desist from the practice of registered nursing in Louisiana based on compact privileges. This order restricts practice in Louisiana under the compact and is not a finding on the merits of the diversion charge. The hearing summary reports three such cease-and-desist orders issued at that meeting.