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Indiana · Nursing

Indiana Attorney General Licensing Enforcement; Indiana State Board of Nursing

Complaint instructions checked against the linked sources, with limitations and known conflicts. Confirm that the authority covers your concern.

Authority and scope

Check the professional and concern

Indiana's Nursing Board covers registered nurses, licensed practical nurses, and advanced practice registered nurses. The Professional Licensing Agency directs consumer reports about licensed professionals to the Attorney General for initial review. Select the nursing profession in the Licensing Enforcement complaint, identifying the individual involved even when the event occurred at a healthcare facility.

Supporting guidance: Indiana Nursing Board homeReport a professionalLicensing Enforcement complaint form

Submission

How the official source says to file

  • Choose the Licensing Enforcement online complaint, or complete the three-page downloadable LE form and return it by postal mail.
  • Provide the nurse's name, license number, and mailing address; include other contact details if known, the patient's identifying details requested by the form, incident date and location, narrative, and relevant documentation.
  • Sign the paper form and mail it with the documents to Office of the Indiana Attorney General, Consumer Protection Division, Indiana Government Center South, 5th Floor, 302 W. Washington Street, Indianapolis, IN 46204. Do not include a Social Security number.

Supporting guidance: Licensing complaint and enforcementLicensing Enforcement complaint form

Limits

What this route may not provide

Licensing Enforcement may seek action against a professional license. It cannot serve as your private attorney, file criminal charges, or obtain monetary damages for a licensing violation.

Supporting guidance: Licensing complaint and enforcement

Anonymity

Do not guess about confidentiality

The Attorney General's LE form does not accept anonymous complainants and says a copy goes to the respondent. It directs people seeking anonymity to PLA for guidance. Investigative confidentiality therefore does not conceal your complaint from the nurse.

Supporting guidance: Licensing Enforcement complaint formLicensing complaint and enforcement

Complaint timing

Ask promptly; the cited investigation estimate is not a filing deadline.

This guide does not establish a deadline for filing a public nursing complaint. Ask the regulator promptly about any rule that applies to your facts; an investigation's estimated duration is not a filing deadline.

Supporting guidance: Licensing complaint and enforcement

Process

What may happen after filing

The Attorney General evaluates the report and decides whether to bring supported allegations before the Nursing Board. The Board determines discipline following a hearing or settlement. Outcomes may include reprimand, probation, suspension, or revocation.

Supporting guidance: Report a professional

Evidence

Prepare a reviewable submission

State the concern you want reviewed, then add a short chronology, best supporting records, factual consequences, and a specific request for review.

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Sources and scope

Some agency-linked forms and destinations could not be read. Source-check dates apply to the material listed below; they do not establish that every linked portal was inspected or a complaint submitted.

Report a professional

Attorney General intake role, Board hearings, settlements, and discipline.

Source checked: September 19, 2026

Source check: September 19, 2026. This records a review of the linked material, not a decision about your case. No clinical or legal reviewer is identified for this guide. Confirm current instructions with the receiving authority.

A state authority is one checkpoint—not the entire accountability system.

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