Blame annulled against nursing home director

ATA/277/1998Cour de justice / Chambre administrative19 mai 1998Modified

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Résumé Omnilex

The appellant, a nurse and director of a retirement home, challenged a disciplinary reprimand issued by the health professions surveillance commission. The court held that the investigation did not prove she had administered benzodiazepines to a resident in doses exceeding the doctor's prescription. As the alleged misconduct was not established, the reprimand could not be maintained and was annulled.

Regeste Omnilex

LPS.126 al. 2 let. b; disciplinary sanction for improper professional conduct: a reprimand requires proof of the incriminating act. Where the investigation does not establish that the nurse administered medication without prescription or in excess of the prescribed dosage, the sanction cannot be upheld and must be annulled (consid. unspecified).

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Descripteurs

PROFESSION SANITAIRE; PERSONNEL INFIRMIER; AGISSEMENT PROFESSIONNEL INCORRECT; ASAN

Normes

LPS.126 al.2 litt.b

Résumé

L'instruction menée par la commission de surveillance des professions de la santé n'a pas permis d'établir que la recourante, infirmière responsable d'une pension pour personnes âgées, a donné sans ordonnance un surdosage de benzodiazénine à son patient. Le blâme doit donc être annulé. Annulation d'un blâme prononcé à l'encontre d'une infirmière directrice d'une pension pour personnes âgées, dès lors qu'il n'est pas établi que l'intéressée a administré à un pensionnaire des doses de benzodiazépine plus importantes que celles prescrites par le médecin responsable .

Mots-clés

disciplinary sanctionnursing professionmedication administrationproofprofessional misconductreprimand

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Question juridique clé

Whether the reprimand for professional misconduct by administering excessive benzodiazepines without medical prescription was justified.

Solution extraite

The evidence did not establish that the appellant gave the patient doses higher than those prescribed by the physician; the reprimand therefore had to be annulled.

Motifs extraits

The surveillance commission's investigation was insufficient to prove the alleged unprescribed overdose. Without proof of the incriminating conduct, a disciplinary sanction cannot stand.

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