Jenny Barnhouse, Executive Director
Oklahoma Board of Nursing
P.O. Box 52926
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73152
Re: Davis, Case No. 3.2020100085.25
Dear Executive Director Barnhouse:
This office has received your request for a written Attorney General Opinion regarding action that the Oklahoma Board of Nursing intends to take in the above-referenced case. The Respondent is licensed to practice licensed practical nursing in the State of Oklahoma and holds a single-state license.
The Oklahoma Nursing Practice Act authorizes the Board to impose discipline when a nurse “[v]iolate[s] a rule promulgated by the Board,” or “an order of the Board.” 59 O.S.2021, § 567.8(B)(9).
In March 2021, Respondent entered into an agreed Stipulations, Settlement and Order (“Stipulated Order”) with the Board, which placed certain specified conditions on Respondent’s license to practice licensed practical nursing. On December 13, 2023, Respondent’s single-state licensed practical nurse license was reinstated on probation pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Stipulated Order. One of those terms required Respondent to complete 720 cumulative worked hours in a hospital within one (1) year. On February 6, 2025, Respondent received notice of a show cause hearing for failing to submit, or cause to be submitted by the unit manager/director, to the Board an Agreement to Participate form for work as a licensed practical nurse on supervised practice. Respondent has failed to complete any supervised practice hours as of the date of that notice. Respondent has failed to comply with the terms of Respondent’s March 23, 2021, Stipulated Order. Therefore, the Board proposes to revoke Respondent’s single-state license to practice licensed practical nursing in the State of Oklahoma.
It is, therefore, the official opinion of the Attorney General that the Oklahoma Board of Nursing has adequate support for the conclusion that this action advances the State’s policy to protect public health, safety, and welfare by ensuring nurses meet minimum standards of professional conduct.
Cheryl Dixon
Deputy General Counsel
