A new state audit reveals a troubling pattern within Maryland’s Department of Health.
Auditors raised specific concerns about the Board of Nursing’s lack of investigative efforts into hundreds of nurses who may have used fraudulent credentials to obtain a state license.
“Our review disclosed that the Board of Nursing could not document that it had investigated 259 of the 287 who still held active Maryland licenses as of February 2024,” the audit states. “We determined that at least 131 of these 259 individuals were employed by a Maryland medical facility as of December 2023 including six employed at one State-owned facility.”…