Kindle v. Commonwealth

Opinion by

Judge Colins,

Kathryn Kindle (Petitioner) appeals from a decision of the State Board of Nurse Examiners (Board) to suspend her nursing license and to require her to submit to a psychiatric examination as a condition of regaining her license.

In 1979 petitioner was employed as a registered nurse at Doctor’s Osteopathic Hospital in Erie, when she was caught misappropriating Demerol and Dilaudid for her own use. She was arrested on July 16, 1979 and charged with numerous violations ■ of the Controlled Substance, Drug, Device and Cosmetic Act1 *470(Act) and the Crimes Code.2 She was…