Ophelia Lee had been licensed as a nurse for seven years when her employer, Eden Medical Center, began to doubt her mental fitness for nursing practice. Lee was examined by five mental health professionals, two of whom concluded she suffered from delusions that impaired her ability to safely function as…
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The state nursing board has the power under state law to revoke a license in the case of a refusal to submit to a board-ordered mental health examination, the Court of Appeal of California, First Appellate District, Division Two held September 26 (Ophelia Lee v. Board of Registered Nursing). Ophelia…
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