My question involves criminal records for the state of: Florida
I was the respondent in a dating violence injunction in 2003 and the judge granted the injunction for a one year period which expired in 2004. I did not violate the injunction in any way. Then in later 2004 I was arrested on simple battery domestic charges...I hired a lawyer for this one, never went to trial and received a letter form prosecuting attorney stating "no information" and that the charges did not warrent prosecution.
Since then I have completed nursing school and am now in the process of seeking employment in Florida. From what I have read on similiar posts I am probably not going to find an employer to hire me due to these past incidences showing up on the level 2 FDLE background screening which to my understanding will show not only arrests but also the expired dating violence injunction, which I presume is categorized and considered the same as domestic violence.
I did a FDLE basic level 1 criminal history check on myself it of course provides the arrest information, the charge, dispostion: dismissed/abandoned and states trial:none, plea: not guilty. The expired dating injunction does not show on the level 1, but from what I have read the injunction will show on the level 2 screening. Do you know if the injunction will show even though it expired in 2004 with no violations?
I also wanted to apply for the expungement of the simple battery domestic charge, but am unclear about the expungement of the record because it states that any heathcare agency will still be able to access the expunged record details because I am a nurse working in direct contact with people...is this correct? The charge was dismissed, so should I not be eligible to have the arrest record expunged and not have it provided to a prospective employer? or would it continue to be disclosed for the rest of my working life each time I apply for a job because I am a nurse ? Would an expungement of the arrest even be possible having a dating violence injunction on my record which was expired prior to the arrest? I have read through the florida guidelines regarding expungement and it states that you cannot have a "comparible ordinance violation" in relation to the record you are wanting to have expunged.....would the dating violence injunction which again was not violated fall under a "comparible ordinance violation", or would they look at the dating injunction and consider it as "violence"? Do expired dating violence injunctions stay on a civil record permanentaly for the rest of your life?
I understand that I probably need to consult an attorney to see what I can do about these situations so that I can at least have some kind of chance at being employed in the field that I have trained for, but the more I read on background checks, arrests, and violence injunctions the more discouraged and depressed I get worrying if I will be able to be able to gain employment to support my family. Please, if you have insight on my questions then please reply. Thank you.

