Criminal Background Question on app

LurkerDad
Tue, 11 Sep 2012 16:00:24 +0000

Is your son thinking of medical school?

I know someone who had a charge for cocaine possession (small amount). I’m not sure what he pled to, but he hired a lawyer to get it “expunged.” He went through college and med school, and when applying for a residency was asked a similar question. He answered ‘no’ because of the expungement. Somehow they got a record of the charge. He got kicked out of the residency (after he had been admitted), and almost lost his medical license.

He wasn’t disciplined because of the charge, but for lying on the application.

The wording of the application that you quoted seems pretty clear–report anything and everything, expungement or not.

What someone tells you over the phone is not necessarily going to cover you if another person looks over the file.

And on the internet, nothing is ever expunged.