South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson announced the arrest of an Upstate woman accused of practicing nursing without a license and stealing a patient’s medication while working at a Greenville post-acute care facility.
Elizabeth Schlesinger Mullins, 40, of Piedmont, was booked into the Greenville County Detention Center on December 23, 2025, following an investigation by the Attorney General’s Vulnerable Adults and Medicaid Provider Fraud unit (VAMPF) in coordination with the South Carolina Department of Health’s Bureau of Drug Control.
Mullins is charged with two counts of unlicensed practice as a registered or practical nurse and one count of theft of a controlled substance, first offense.
According to investigators, Mullins allegedly presented herself as a licensed nurse and used the title “Director of Nursing” despite not having an active nursing license as required by the South Carolina State Board of Nursing. Authorities say she continued to hold herself out as Director of Nursing and perform related duties at Cherrydale Post Acute in Greenville on June 20 and June 23, 2025, even after her license had been suspended by order of the Board.
Investigators further allege that while employed at Cherrydale Post Acute, Mullins knowingly and intentionally stole oxycodone, a Schedule II controlled substance, from another person with the intent to permanently deprive them of the medication.
Under South Carolina law, unlicensed practice as a registered or practical nurse is a Class C misdemeanor punishable by up to one year in prison or a fine of up to $50,000. Theft of a controlled substance, first offense, is a felony carrying a potential penalty of up to five years in prison and/or a fine of up to $5,000.
Attorney General Wilson emphasized that Mullins is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty in a court of law.
