I was offered a position as a pharmacy technician and you have to submit a form to have cerfication in being behind the pharmacy counter it asked questions such as Have you ever been arrested??? Umm have you ever plead guilty???
Ive been arrested once and all the charges were dropped but theres something on my record but I wasnt convicted or charged I said I wsnt arrested Can I get fired for lying or I dunno Im so scared!!! I need some answers please????????
2007-03-27 16:42:18 · 8 answers · asked by vperez20 2 in Business & Finance ➔ Careers & Employment
From my experience with the Louisiana State Board of Nursing, they specifically ask if you have ever been arrested and convicted in TWO seperate questions. If that is the case, you could be removed from your position for lying.
My advice to you would be to submit a letter clarifying your record and comment that you misunderstood the intent of the question. You may lose your job if you are forthright, but you have a much better chance than if they catch it on their own.
Also, if you write a letter to the state board, you have the opportunity to explain the situation. Just explain what happened and be sure to include the part about not being charged or convicted!!!
Good luck, and I hope this helped.
2007-03-27 16:52:15 · answer #1 · answered by Shawn D 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Do you know what is on your record? My husband was arrested when he was a teenager for driving his friend home in his friends car because he was too drunk to drive, they pull my husband over and take him to jail and make his friend drive the car home who couldn't even hold his eyes open, true story! We took it to court and all charges were dropped, due to sebriority test couldn't proove he was drunk nothing at all on his record, just depends, we were told by my husbands attorney that although all charges are dropped and nothing comes up when they pull your record, if a person or facility wants to dig deeper than can at the courthouse, I am not sure exactly what that means, I am in no position to give advice or an expert, but I guess it means they could pull up closed records, but they can if they won't there was no convictions or charges.
Do you have a friend or relative that works for a police department that could pull your DL or something, that is what we did. Sometimes on Job app's doesn't it just ask if you have ever been convicted or charged with a felony or etc. you would defineatly know that, and if you have never been convicted of a crime then it shouldn't matter if you have been arrested, unless it specifically asks you if you have ever been arrested. Hope this helps.
2007-03-27 17:05:27 · answer #2 · answered by ccrash 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Depends on the charge....they may be looking for felony charges you may have been convicted of.
If you signed the questionnaire...did it say anything under penalty of perjury?...if so you could be charged with perjury.
Maybe you should ask and explain you didn't understand if it meant only arrests that resulted in a conviction.
2007-03-27 16:57:08 · answer #3 · answered by wwpetcemetery 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You only have one hope in hades. That is to explain that you didn't read the question properly... and explain that since all the charges were dropped, you thought the arrest wouldn't apply???
Sounds like you really messed this up. I wish I had better news for you. Um... maybe another state if this goes badly??? and... tell the truth???
2007-03-27 16:49:06 · answer #4 · answered by Peggy K 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you lie, you can loose your license, or in your case, being denied a license. Lying on application is a top reason for license loss.
Best thing to do is to contact your state board of pharmacy and try and get it corrected. Just say you misinterpreted the question.
2007-03-28 04:23:55 · answer #5 · answered by Lea 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
what i suggest is, go ahead to the board, ASAP and explain them that you gave them the wrong answer. Dont ever raise your voice against them if they say something bad about you. Just admit what you did and say that you're not convicted.
These kind of people ussually prefer honest people rather than those who keep secrets all around them.
2007-03-27 16:54:37 · answer #6 · answered by kachengz 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If u weren't held 24 hrs u were de tained for questioning!! O honest mistake. or a mis understanding on your part that's all relax!!! If u don't forget it completely a Mexican will get your job with my s.s. #! LOL seriuosly
2007-03-27 16:50:24 · answer #7 · answered by Dotr 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If there were no charges/conviction made you will be fine.
2007-03-27 16:51:55 · answer #8 · answered by Nicholas 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋