Stone v. Missouri Department of Health & Senior Services

PATRICIA BRECKENRIDGE, Judge.

Catherine Ann Stone seeks review of the decision of the Department of Health and Senior Services to place her on the employee disqualification list (EDL) for 18 months after it found that she knowingly abused a patient. She argues that there was insufficient evidence to support the decision because expert testimony is required to prove that she knowingly abused a patient with dementia and mental disabilities. She also argues that the department deprived her of due process of law by allegedly failing to provide notice of a violation of 19 CSR 30-88.010(13) and (21)…