State suspends social worker Lisa F. Cowan's license

June 18, 2013

On March 25, 2013, the Virginia Board of Social Work issued a Notice of Hearing to licensed clinical social worker Lisa F. Cowan.

The Notice made reference to the March 25^th summary suspension of her license and stated that a formal administrative hearing was scheduled for April 19, 2013.

A statement of particulars attached to the Notice states, among other things, that between March and July 2012, Cowan called co-workers late at night and early in the morning, incoherent and with slurred speech and later had no recollection of calling them or why.

Additionally, between April and June 2012, Cowan was observed at her place of work, staggering in the hallway. She had enlarged, dilated pupils, was incoherent and her speech was slurred.