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Florida Woman Held on $70,000 Bond for Allegedly Posing as Nurse to Treat 4,486 Patients

The case highlights critical gaps in real-time license verification across health care providers

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Overview

  • Autumn Bardisa remains jailed at Perry Hall Detention Facility on $70,000 bond until her September 2 arraignment
  • She faces seven counts of practicing health care without a license and seven counts of fraudulent use of personal identification
  • Investigators allege Bardisa treated 4,486 patients at AdventHealth Palm Coast Parkway using another nurse’s license number from June 2024 to January 2025
  • A seven-month probe by the Flagler County Sheriff’s Office, the Florida Department of Health and federal partners revealed systemic failures in credential checks
  • Authorities are urging anyone treated by the alleged imposter nurse to contact the sheriff’s office to support ongoing inquiries