A nurse who worked at a family health care practice in Palmerton and charged with 55 counts has had her case bound over to Carbon County Court.

Angela McClain, 42, of Palmerton, was scheduled to have a preliminary hearing Wednesday at the office of District Judge William Kissner of Palmerton.

Instead, McClain chose to waive her right to a hearing, and will appear May 2 for a pretrial status conference in the district attorney's office at the courthouse in Jim Thorpe.

McClain faces charges on 27 counts of theft by unlawful taking or disposition, movable property; 25 counts of the acquisition or obtaining of possession of a controlled substance by misrepresentation, fraud, forgery, deception, or subterfuge; and one count each of possession of a controlled substance, corrupt organizations, and criminal conspiracy to the acquisition or obtaining of possession of a controlled substance by misrepresentation, fraud, forgery, deception, or subterfuge.