What Is a Good Medical Career for a Person With a Felony Record?
Question by Len M: What is a Good medical career for a person with a felony record?
I am recently released from prison with a felony record. i am considering going back to school to help me get a job/career. I am very interested in the medical field but have no idea what careers prohibit persons with a felony. i would like to be a nurse but i know that is out… any suggestions??? i live in NC
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Answer by Nancy C
Hi there –
It may not be “out”!
I am licensed in 2 states, My suggestion is going to be to contact your state Board of Nursing and ask them. If the felony was drug -related, and you can show evidence of recovery, they may have you complete a “Recovery Monitoring Agreement” where you agree to random urine screens and provide documentation that you are working on recovery. There are multiple instances of people that appear before the Board because they have answered “YEs” to license questions like “Have you ever been treated for drug or alcohol abuse” or “Have you been convicted of a crime other than a minor traffic violation?”.
The only folks that would know for sure would be your state board – contact them at http://www.ncbon.com/
If the felony is for other reasons, I have seen people mandated to take anger management classes and all types of things.
Answer by Mrs.D
I am sorry to say that you probably will not find a job in health care. My brother has a felony, got his life back together, and got a job as a custodian/maintenance at our local hospital. Then word got around that he had a felony and he was let go. Turns out, they did not do a background check and had they, he wouldn’t even have been hired. His felony was for a minor drug charge, nothing violent, and he has been clean for a good while now, but the felony is really holding him back. Personally, I think that felonies should have an expiration date. If a person got one at age 18, and then wanted a job when they were 50 years old, that felony would be a strike against them. Not fair.
I wish you luck. You’ll find something. Perhaps ask a parole officer what type of careers would be good for you.
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