Arcand v. Board of Registration in Nursing

Connolly, Thomas E., J.

This is a ch. 30A, §14 appeal by the plaintiff, Anne Arcand, R.N., a registered nurse, of the Board of Registration in Nursing’s (“Board”) decision imposing a Reprimand on Arcand’s nursing license. The Board’s underlying charge was that Arcand diverted a vial containing 8 mg. of morphine, a controlled substance, for her own use on or about July 12, 1999 while working at the Sun Bridge Care and Rehabilitation Center in Beverly, Massachusetts. Hearings were held before an Administrative Hearings Officer on April 14, May 12 and 25, August 11 and September 8, 2004. The…