Legal Opinion

Conlon v. Commonwealth, State Board of Nurse Examiners

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania

Decided August 18, 1982No. Appeal, No. 445 C.D. 1981PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Judge Blatt,

Irene Conlon (petitioner) appeals here from an order of the State Board of Nurse Examiners (Board) suspending her license to practice as a registered nurse for one year.

The petitioner was charged with misappropriating several vials of Demerol for her own personal use while employed as a registered nurse at Prank-ford Hospital on May 30, 1977. When subsequently confronted with the results of a hospital investigation, she admitted to having substituted water for the Demerol in the vials. She was discharged and was unable to secure new employment as -a nurse until November…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. State Dental Council & Examining Board v. PollockSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1974
  2. Ullo v. CommonwealthCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1979
  3. Roche v. CommonwealthCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1981
  4. Tighe v. CommonwealthCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1979

3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Kindle v. COM., ST. BD. OF NURSE EXAM.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1986
  2. Ploof v. CommonwealthCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1991
  3. Blair v. Bureau of Professional & Occupational AffairsCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2013
  4. Kindle v. CommonwealthCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1984
  5. Bennighof v. CommonwealthCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1983

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