STATE, DIV. OF LICENSING, NURSING v. PLATT

No. S-12173.

169 P.3d 595 (2007)

STATE of Alaska, DIVISION OF CORPORATIONS, BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL LICENSING, ALASKA BOARD OF NURSING, Appellant, v. Joy PLATT, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

October 26, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David L. Brower, Assistant Attorney General, and David W. Márquez, Attorney General, Juneau, for Appellant.

Mark D. Osterman, Mark D. Osterman Law Office, P.C., Kenai, for Appellee.

Before: FABE, Chief Justice, MATTHEWS, EASTAUGH, BRYNER, and CARPENETI, Justices.


OPINION

CARPENETI, Justice.

I. INTRODUCTION

The Alaska Board of Nursing denied appellee's application to be certified as a nurse aide by examination based on the fact that she had previously been convicted of felony forgery. The superior court reversed the board's decision, holding that the board could not rely on the conviction because it had been set aside. Because we conclude that the board may properly consider a conviction...

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