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On Thursday a Superior Court judge ordered a for-profit college to shut down after the North Carolina Attorney General’s Office said the school was sending students into medical positions without proper training. Judge Bryan Collins issued the order that the North Carolina Medical Institute, at 114 Anderson St., and its owner, Sherita McQueen, cannot advertise, offer any classes or accept payment for any educational products or services in North Carolina.
Attorney General Roy Cooper said he is in fact seeking a permanent ban against the school and refunds for students. The North Carolina State Board of Proprietary Schools and the North Carolina State Board of Nursing refused to renew N.C. Medical Institute’s license in May after discovering that the school advertised and enrolled students in unlicensed courses, employed unapproved teaching instructors and presented misleading information to the State Board of Community Colleges.
According to an affidavit filed by a North Carolina Board of Nursing employee, the N.C. Medical Institute is also accused of using unlawful practices while licensed since the school continued to offer a Nursing Aide II program despite repeatedly failing to meet state requirements. Cooper said after the school lost its licenses, prospective students was misled by McQueen telling them that the courses offered by her school were accredited.
Cooper also said the N.C. Medical Institute also continued to charge fees as high as $800 per course for unlicensed medical training programs, and after completing the classes, students often found themselves unprepared or ineligible for jobs in their fields of study. Cooper claims the school potentially put patients in danger by certifying some students as qualified nursing aides after completing far less training than required by law.
He also alleged that McQueen used a former employee’s nursing license and Social Security number and entered 50 unqualified Nursing Aide II students into the State Board of Nursing’s electronic registry, permitting them to get jobs.
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