Nursing Assistant Who Allegedly Stole From Patient Has License Revoked From State
Monday, September 26, 2022
The Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH) has revoked the license of a nursing assistant to practice in the state, after she allegedly made unauthorized charges to a patient’s credit card.
Last week, RIDOH revoked the license of Mirian Lima, of Pawtucket, after she was issued a notice of a hearing on September 7 to respond to the charges — and failed to appear.
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“Based on the pleadings and the exhibits, the Respondent made many unauthorized charges on a credit card owned by a patient in her care,” wrote RIDOH in its decision. “The respondent admitted to the patient’s daughter that she used her mother’s (the Respondent’s patient) credit card without authorization.”
According to RIDOH, Lima admitted to the Department that she used her patient’s credit card without authorization.
RIDOH said it received a complaint from the patient’s family detailing that Lima “was providing home health care and [provided] copies of bank statements showing $1,154.74 in unauthorized charges to the patient’s credit card.”
In its revocation of Lima’s license, RIDOH cites Rhode Island General Law 23-17.9-8, in that “the department may suspend or revoke any certificate of registration issued” under the chapter — if after a hearing, “upon proof that the nursing assistant is unfit or incompetent by reason of negligence, habits, or other causes” or has “engaged in conduct detrimental to the health, welfare, and safety of patients/residents in his or her care.”
RIDOH made the case that it attempted multiple times to conduct a disciplinary hearing — including rescheduling a hearing from June 22, 2022 to September 7, 2022 at Lima’s request — at which time she failed to appear.
The decision, which constitutes a final order of the Department of Health, can be appealed by filing a petition for review in Superior Court.
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