B.C.’s College of Nurses and Midwives has suspended a Nanaimo nurse for one week as discipline for accessing patient records when unauthorized to do so.
On Nov. 12, a college inquiry committee panel approved an agreement with the college and Jordan Gerrard to deal with issues said to have occurred between February and April 2023.
“Nurses are only permitted to access personal and health information for purposes that are consistent with their professional responsibilities and are not permitted to access the health records of patients that are not in their care,” the college said in a public notice released Nov. 13.
The notice said Gerrard voluntarily agreed to a suspension of his nursing registration for seven days as well as a reprimand.
“The inquiry committee is satisfied that the terms will protect the public,” the panel said.
