Nurse with a history easily hired: Gaps in the law allowed him to get jobs despite probes
Tuesday, July 11th, 2006.
Sarasota, FL - Two state agencies were investigating allegations that registered nurse Billy Blackerby withheld medicine from nursing home residents. The home already had fired him.
But within a month, while the investigations were under way, another home had hired him to care for its residents.
Blackerby, arrested June 14 on charges of elderly neglect, kept working because of gaps in Florida laws overseeing nursing homes and licensed health care workers.
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