What Happened
A registered nurse who had inactivated his New Jersey license and moved to Oregon admitted diverting controlled dangerous substances while working as a nurse in the Northern Oregon Regional Corrections system, and voluntarily surrendered his Oregon nursing license in 2013.
He was also convicted in Oregon of Supplying Contraband, Theft and a controlled substance offense After returning to New Jersey and participating in the Board's Recovery and Monitoring Program, the Board reprimanded him and granted his petition to reactivate his New Jersey registered nurse license, conditioned on continued compliance with the monitoring program.
What the Record Shows
reprimanded for violating N.J.S.A. 45:1-21(f); petition to reactivate the New Jersey registered nurse license granted, conditioned on continued participation in and compliance with the board's Recovery and Monitoring Program
Why It Matters for Diversion Programs
This entry comes from a primary source rather than a federal enforcement release, and it is recorded as reported: admitted diverting controlled dangerous substances while working as a nurse in the corrections system; separately convicted in Oregon of Supplying Contraband, Theft and a controlled substance offense, and voluntarily surrendered the Oregon nursing license. Board and news records are a lagging indicator - by the time a licensing authority or a reporter learns of a diversion, the diversion was normally detected internally first, which makes each entry a signal that inventory reconciliation, waste observation or dispensing oversight failed earlier.