A prosecuting attorney for the Vermont Office of Professional Regulation filed a Specification of Charges dated January 30, 2008 against a nurse holding a Vermont license. The charges allege that, while employed at a nursing center in Jaffrey, New Hampshire, the nurse diverted opioids that had been prescribed to one of the facility's residents.
The excerpt does not describe how the diversion was detected or reported to the Vermont board. As is common where a licensee works across the state line, the Vermont board acted on conduct that occurred at a New Hampshire employer.
The State alleged violations including failure to comply with statutes and rules governing nursing practice, inability to practice competently by reason of any cause, including drug use, and being habitually intemperate or addicted to habit-forming drugs.
The portion of the docket available does not show the Board's final disposition, so the outcome should be treated as charges filed rather than a finding.