"One misdemeanor is costing my entire life," Sage said. "Punish me for something with my (nursing) license that I've done with my license."
"The recovery program has never included doctors, whose lobby resisted it because members believed it was too punitive," according to Gail Jara.
Workers could volunteer to join recovery programs as a step toward their recovery or be asked to join by their licensing board as a substitute for public punishment.
Nurses say those provisions have become so burdensome and expensive that health care workers avoid the recovery program outright unless a licensing board asks them to join.
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