Tennessee Board of Nursing Suspends License of Jasper, Tenn. Nurse

NASHVILLE – The Tennessee Board of Nursing has summarily suspended the license of Billy J. Games, RN of Jasper. The suspension of his nursing license became effective Sept. 2, 2010. As a result of the board’s actions, Games was immediately prohibited from working as a nurse.

Games’s license was suspended for the following:

• failure to disclose conviction of a crime; and
• threatening behavior.

Games has the opportunity to participate in an informal conference before the Board of Nursing on Sept.. 7, 2010 at 2 p.m., CT, in the Health Related Boards Conference Room at 227 French Landing Drive, Nashville, Tenn. During the conference, the board will determine whether the public health, safety or welfare imperatively required emergency action and whether the nurse’s license should remain suspended pending the outcome of a contested case proceeding in the matter. The conference will be canceled if Games declines participation.

Games was originally licensed as a registered nurse in Tennessee in 1990.

Detailed information about disciplinary actions is available on the TDOH website at http://health.state.tn.us/licensure/index.htm. Enter the name of the person of interest. Once the license information appears, click on "disciplinary action" or "adverse licensure action" and then "view board order."