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Last Updated:
09/02/11 10:21:44 AM |
ATKINS, MARILYN, R.R.T.
License #RC802 |
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03/15/2011 |
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On March 11, 2011, the Nevada
State Board of Medical Examiners, having received and read the Motion and
Order to Show Cause filed in the matter on February 4, 2011, and its
attached exhibits, and having heard argument from counsel for the
Investigative Committee as to why the revocation of Ms. Atkins' license,
which was stayed pursuant to a Settlement, Waiver and Consent Agreement
approved and adopted by the Board on September 10, 2010, should be lifted
and the revocation imposed due to Ms. Atkins' failure to comply with the
terms of the Settlement, Waiver and Consent Agreement as set forth in the
Motion for Order to Show Cause, ordered that the stay of revocation of Ms.
Atkins' license be lifted and her license to practice respiratory care be
REVOKED. |
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02/04/2011 |
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Upon a review of the evidence and
information presented to it by Board staff, the Investigative Committee
suspended Ms. Atkins' license to practice respiratory care, pursuant to NRS
630.326(1), based upon the following findings: 1. Ms. Atkins was
licensed to practice respiratory care in the state of Nevada in
Active-Probation status. 2. On September 10, 2010, the Board approved
and adopted a Settlement, Waiver and Consent Agreement with Ms. Atkins in
order to resolve pending disciplinary charges filed against her 3. The
Settlement, Waiver and Consent Agreement revoked Ms. Atkins' license to
practice respiratory care, but stayed the revocation and placed her on
probation for a period of 48 months with various terms and conditions of
probation. 4. The terms and conditions of probation included Ms.
Atkins' agreement that she would submit to random hair or urine screens as
required by the Board. On January 27, 2011, Ms. Atkins was requested
to submit to a hair and urine screen. 5. On February 3, 2011, results
from said screens were received which indicated that Ms. Atkins had tested
positive for methamphetamine as well as codeine and hydrocodone in her hair
and Tramadol in her urine. The Investigative Committee believed that due to
Ms. Atkins' use of an illegal narcotic substance, specifically
methamphetamine, along with other narcotic substances, and being licensed to
provide respiratory care, that the health, safety and welfare of the public
was at imminent risk of harm and that a summary suspension of her license to
practice respiratory care was necessary to remove said risk of imminent harm
to the health, safety and welfare of the public. Accordingly, pursuant to
NRS 630.326(1): The Investigative Committee ordered that Ms. Atkins'
license to practice respiratory care in the state of Nevada be suspended
until further order of the Investigative Committee or Board and that the
matter be heard on March 11, 2011 at 9:30 a.m., concurrently with the
hearing set regarding the Order to Show Cause filed on February 4, 2011 in
the matter, to determine the appropriateness of the suspension, unless the
parties mutually agree to a longer period of time pursuant to NRS 630.326. |
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09/13/2010 |
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A Settlement, Waiver and Consent
Agreement was approved and accepted by the Nevada State Board of Medical
Examiners, whereby the Board entered an order finding that Ms. Atkins violated
NRS 630.3065(2)(a) and NRS 630.306(1), as set forth in Counts I and II of the
Complaint, and ordering that her license to practice respiratory care be
revoked, with said revocation stayed and Ms. Atkins placed on probation for a
period of forty-eight (48) months with the following terms and conditions:
1) She shall enter into and complete a contract with the PRN-PRN program through
Monte Vista Hospital and shall comply with all terms of her contract; 2) She shall sign all necessary releases with the PRN-PRN program for the Board
to access her records from the PRN-PRN program;
3) She shall submit to any additional random hair or urine screens as required
by the Board;
4) She shall provide the Compliance Officer of the Nevada State Board of Medical
Examiners with the best and most expeditious manner of contacting her;
5) She shall use no narcotic pain medication without notifying the Compliance
Officer prior to such use and shall provide the Compliance Officer with a letter
from her treatment provider that use of such narcotic medication is medically
indicated;
6) She shall notify the Compliance Officer of where she will be practicing
respiratory care at least forty-eight (48) hours prior to starting to practice;
7) She shall pay any costs associated with monitoring her compliance with these
terms of probation and shall remit to the Nevada State Board of Medical
Examiners such costs within thirty (30) days of being presented with an invoice
for said compliance costs;
8) She shall reimburse the Board the reasonable costs and expenses incurred in
the investigation and prosecution of this case; said costs shall be paid to the
Nevada State Board of Medical Examiners within ninety (90) days of the
acceptance of the Settlement Agreement by the Board. |
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01/05/2010 |
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The Investigative Committee of
the Nevada State Board of Medical Examiners filed a formal Complaint against
Ms. Atkins charging her with a violation of NRS 630.3065(2)(a), for failing
to comply with an order of the Board by not following the contract she
entered into with the PRN program through Monte Vista Hospital, and a
violation of NRS 630.306(1), for not completing a treatment program for the
use of narcotic prescription medication and continuing to utilize them,
thereby creating an inability to practice respiratory care with reasonable
skill and safety. |
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Phone: (775) 688-2559
Fax:
(775) 688-2321
from any other area of Nevada, call
toll-free:
(888) 890-8210
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Mailing
Address: P.O. Box
7238, Reno, NV 89510
Board
of Medical Examiners
E-mail:nsbme@medboard.nv.gov |
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