Tennessee nurses push for new law to add protection from sex offenders
Nurses in Nashville are hoping to put a new bill on the books that would add another layer of protection against registered sex offenders.
The hope is to have legislators take up a bill that would require sex offenders to present their offender identification card once inside the hospital.
“You would go register at the front desk, like any other patient, the only difference is that you would hand them your sexual offender identification card, and let them know,” explained Carissa Kohne, co-writer of the bill.
“It would allow us to plan how we would do patient care, not that it would change the care itself any…” explained Ciearria. [FAC COMMENT: Yeah right!]
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Offender ID card? If I don’t have My papers will I be sent to Stalag 13? Seriously does Tennessee already have an ID card system?
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Hey Cherokee… in Tennessee, we don’t carry a separate card unless you are on lifetime probation/parole/supervision… and we don’t have “SEX OFFENDER” in red letters on our driver’s license/state ID…
HOWEVER… we DO carry an “88” in the special conditions sections to notify law enforcement that we are registering ex-sex offenders.. the “88” is not listed in the description section as to what means, like Class “A” or CDL.. BUT, I’m sure, eventually, the general public will find out what the “88” means.
Interesting fact; Tennesse doesn’t have a SOF ID card. I’ve been out of prison since 2013 (under unsupervised release) and have never been given or told that I need to obtain such a card. Now just maybe Nashville is different and requires such a card, but I don’t live in the Nashville area. If someone knows something I don’t please let me know…thanks
Richard, you are not on lifetime parole/probation/supervision in Tennessee.. if you were, you’d have a separate card listing you as a sex offender to go along with that “88” you carry in the “RESTRICTIONS” area on the back of your driver’s license.
One more fun fact: TN uses the numbers 88 to mark state IDs of RCs. If you aren’t aware of this, 88 is code for Heil Hitler. Hitler marked Jewish passports. I don’t believe in coincidences.
I’m willing to bet, that the majority of the patients who caused them concerns, wasn’t even on the registry!
Carissa Kohne is a law clerk at ForTheMilitary.com, a legal group that purports to help veterans sue hospitals for discrimination.
Ciearria Cookson works at Vanderbilt University Medical Center.
Wouldn’t it be ironic if Ciearria’s stupid proposal becomes law and the legal team at ForTheMilitary takes up the case to sue for discrimination?
(I must also note the case Ciearria pointed to in her media report was also dismissed/nolle prosequi). It was easy to find once I found the original story.
Interesting. You provided more info than the reporter.
It’s good to know that they will not have to fear murderers, armed home invaders, armed robbers, drug dealers, etc. And those evil ‘sex offenders’ will now be identified. This is another example of the stupidity that permeates our society. Rather than have the registered citizens identify themselves, why not have them ware a ‘yellow star’…it worked for some guy named Hitler.