Jenny Barnhouse, Executive Director
Oklahoma Board of Nursing
P.O. Box 52926
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73152
Re: Campbell, Case No. 3.2025060204.26
Dear Executive Director Barnhouse:
This office has received your request for a written Attorney General Opinion regarding action that the Oklahoma Board of Nursing (“Board”) intends to take in the above-referenced case. Misty Dawn Campbell (“Respondent”) is licensed with a currently suspended single-state registered nurse (“RN”), license number R0080293.
The Oklahoma Nursing Practice Act (“Act”) authorizes the Board to impose discipline when a nurse has “[v]iolated a rule promulgated by the Board, an order of the Board, or a state or federal law relating to the practice of registered, practical or advanced practice registered nursing . . . or a state or federal narcotics or controlled dangerous substance law[.]” 59 O.S. Supp.2023, §567.8 (B)(9).
On March 7, 2022, while working as the House Supervisor, Respondent displayed impaired behavior while on duty. On March 14, 2022, Respondent was requested to submit to a for-cause drug test, which the Respondent declined, and instead resigned effective immediately. On January 12, 2023, and February 2, 2023, Respondent failed to cooperate with a lawful investigation by Board staff when Respondent failed to participate in telephonic investigative conferences with Board staff. On September 25, 2024, Respondent entered into an agreed Consent Order (“Consent Order”) with certain terms and conditions. On November 21, 2024, Respondent’s single-state license to practice registered nursing was suspended for failure to comply with the terms of the Consent Order. On April 15, 2025, Respondent’s Application for Renewal of RN Single State License was received by the Board. In November 2025, Respondent entered into an Agreed Supplemental Order, which included reinstatement of Respondent’s single-state registered nurse license, acceptance of Respondent’s Evaluation, and required completion of the terms of the Consent Order, including body fluid testing for twelve months. On March 26, 2026, Respondent's single-state registered nurse license was temporarily suspended for failure to comply with the Board’s Body Fluid Testing Guidelines, in violation of the Consent Order and Agreed Supplemental Order.
On December 23, 2025, and December 31, 2025, Respondent was selected for random Board-ordered body fluid tests (“BFT”). Respondent’s BFT was dilute. Respondent’s medical evaluation did not provide a valid medical condition that would cause the dilute urine specimens. On March 11, 2026, Respondent was selected for another random BFT, which again resulted in dilution and, pursuant to the terms of the Consent Order, was deemed positive. Again, on April 24, 2026, Respondent was selected for a random BFT, to which Respondent failed to submit on the selected date. Pursuant to Respondent’s Consent Order, Agreed Supplemental Order, and as described in the Board’s Guidelines, Respondent’s March 11, 2026, BFT result was deemed positive.
This matter came on for Show Cause Hearing before the Board on May 21, 2026. The Board proposes entering a Second Supplemental Order lifting the temporary suspension of Respondent’s RN license. Respondent shall continue to submit to body fluid testing in accordance with Board guidelines, at least twice a month for an additional six (6) months upon completion of the twelve (12) months of BFT described in Respondent’s Consent Order and Agreed Supplemental Order. Respondent is also ordered to pay an administrative penalty of $1,000.
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
